Family File Names

BJ Russell

Hello I realize with Covid that temple attendance is limited and in some areas might not be possible. My husband and I have not been able to attend the temple monthly due to snowy winter weather and other circumstances. I have submitted many of our family file names to the temple for others to perform them. Can you tell me how long they will be in the temple system? Will they always be there unless someone else reserves the names or is there a certain time frame? For example, will I have to reserve the names again in 2 years time (from the date I shared them with the temple)?

BJ Russell

Chas Howell

@BJ Russell , No, you do not need to reserve the names again in 2 years once they are submitted to the Temple

Amy Archibald

@BJ Russell

When you share names to the shared temple file they no longer have an expiration date and you do not have to continue to reserve the names.

They will stay in the temple file until:

• You remove them by unsharing them from the temple file back to your personal reservation list to do yourself.
• The temple department prints them to be completed in a temple by an attending patron.
• Another user prints them via Ordinances Ready and completes the work.
• Another user prints them by finding the ordinance in the tree and then completes the work.

JBPurdie

@BJ Russell

Here is an article from the help centre.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/how-long-does-it-take-for-the-temple-to-complete-shared-names