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when do member records show after death?

Steven A Jones
Steven A Jones ✭✭
January 21, 2022 edited July 16, 2024 in Family Tree

When a member dies, the ward clerk/membership clerk records the death on the deceased's membership record and sends it to HQ via LCR's send/receive.

How long after the clerk has sent the membership record, will the deceased's record from Church membership appear in FamilySearch? Is the process automated, or does it require someone at Church HQ to process the death and release it to FamilySearch?

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  • update membership record
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  • Chas Howell
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    January 21, 2022 edited January 21, 2022 Answer ✓

    @Steven A Jones

    My experience is that after the clerk marks the record with the DOD information that the process appears to be automatic and you should be able to see the familysearch PID within a day or two. Maybe a FS Mod could verify that. Usually the hold up is the clerk entering the data. Do you have a specific individual you are concerned about?

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  • Chas Howell
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    January 21, 2022 Answer ✓

    As a general rule I usually hang on to funeral programs and obits of those who die in our Church area. If the PID created by the membership does not show in a month I email the clerk. Often the family has already started a profile by then, but the ordinances will not show until the PID is merged with the one created by the clerk's recording the DOD.

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  • Steven A Jones
    Steven A Jones ✭✭
    January 21, 2022

    Thanks for the prompt response. As I expected, it appears to be delayed record-keeping by wards that is causing the problem. I do have two persons who died last month I am watching for, but my question is in general as I will address it in my training of ward leaders.

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  • Steven A Jones
    Steven A Jones ✭✭
    January 22, 2022

    Thank you.

    How do you deal with a death outside your own stake? How do you get the clerk's email?

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  • Chas Howell
    Chas Howell ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 22, 2022 edited January 22, 2022

    I just contact anyone I might know in the other stake and ask them to look it up on their ward directory. If I don't know anyone in that stake then the building locator link will give the Bishop's phone number if you have an address. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/maps/meetinghouses/@35.516262,-97.567523,10

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