Missing ordinances
My distant ancestor, Hester Pillinger (LZ1M-NY6) was sealed to her spouse in 2020. However, the rest of her ordinances are not shown on family tree. I know they were completed because they were required to complete the sealing. I would like the ordinances to be added to family tree.This ancestor has been merged several times and I assume the ordinances were not transferred.
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Hello @Nicole_Hunsaker
I checked the ordinances for Hester and could not find that her other ordinances had been completed. I did see that Hester's daughter Harriet has her Sealing to Parent completed though.
So I don't think Hester's Baptism, Confirmation, Initiatory or Endowment have been completed.
Two points to note:
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.
And 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? Well perhaps 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).
But I think 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. Just my guess.
So I think you can request and complete the remaining ordinances for Hester.
My regards
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