MIssing ordinances

Nicole_Hunsaker

My distant ancestor, Alabama Louise Burke (MDNC-VYH) was sealed to her spouse in 1995. However, the rest of her ordinances are shown as incomplete in Family Tree. In order for her to be sealed to her spouse, she must have had her other ordinances completed. Therefore, I would like to have her ordinances added to Family Tree so that they are not duplicated.

DianaHawks

Hi Nicole

I checked the ordinances for Alabama Louise Burke  and could not find that her other ordinances had been completed.

I could not find any merges that may have obliterated previous ordinances

So I don't think Hester's Baptism, Confirmation, Initiatory or Endowment have been completed.

Things to remember regarding ordinances

• Whenever possible, a couple should be endowed before being sealed to each other. However, it is not required in order to perform the sealing to spouse.
• When vicarious ordinances are performed out of sequence, they become effective only after the prerequisite ordinances are completed.

This article has further information:

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/correct-order-of-temple-ordinances

How did this happen? It could be that the Sealing to Spouse was gained through Ordinance Ready. (See https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/where-does-ordinances-ready-get-names for details).

Also likely - perhaps more so is - this was an ordinance which was completed from the old extraction program. I think the reservation was on the Temple List for a long time, and has only just now been completed.

So please go ahead and complete the remaining ordinances for Alabama Louise Burke