Temple Reservations

Cathy DeCook

I am not able to share some of my reservations with my new family group. I noticed that it says on the right-hand side that "Ordinances that were previously shared with the temple cannot be shared again." Does that mean that I had shared that name with the temple and then unshared them, so now I cannot share them with my family group?

I had unshared some of my male names specifically so I could share them with my new family group instead, but it looks as though the computer system will not allow me to do that. I don't want to share them with the temple again, but with my family. Is there any way around this, other than printing the cards myself and giving them to my family directly?

Thank You

Kerijy

Hello @Cathy DeCook

The message "Ordinances that were previously shared with the temple cannot be shared again" usually means that the ordinance was shared with the Temple and then you requested the ordinance from the Temple Reservation List. These ordinances usually have a 90 days expiration date.

You can obtain an ordinance from the Temple Reservation List via Ordinance Ready and also from the ordinance page of an individual if the ordinance was shared to the temple by someone else.

This knowledge article explains https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/share-ordinances-from-the-temple-with-a-family-group that "You cannot share ordinances from the temple with a family group."

Do you have an ID so we can check?

regards

Cathy DeCook

Thank you for your quick response.

This ordinance on James Denton L5Z6-PFD had been shared with the temple by someone else on 23 May 2018. It must have become available for me to do, so I reserved it, but it will not let me share it with my Family Group. I think that I am starting to understand that It must have still been shared with the temple when I reserved it and therefore cannot be shared again, even with my family group.

So it sounds like anything that has been shared with the temple, either by yourself or someone else, can never be shared with a family group. Is that correct? I guess my question is still, if you shared it with the temple and then unshared it, can you then share it with your group? It appears that the answer is no.

Thank You

Brett .

@Cathy DeCook

Cathy

I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

[ And, I happen to be a Member of the Church ... ]

Just in passing ...

Your Question:

So it sounds like anything that has been shared with the temple, either by yourself or someone else, can never be shared with a family group. Is that correct?

Short Answer: 'Yes'; and, 'No' ... But, read on ...

Your Question:

I guess my question is still, if you shared it with the temple and then unshared it, can you then share it with your group?

Short Answer: 'Yes', if it is "Unshared", from the "Temple System" ... But, read on ...

Depending on the circumstances/situation ...

[ 1 ]

IF, you (personally) "Share[d] [the Work] with the Temple System"; THEN, you MAY be able to "Unshare" from the "Temple System", provide, that your ORIGINAL "Reservation", has NOT "Expired"; and, then, "Share" with a "Family Group".

Whereas ...

[ 2 ]

[ And, I am NOT 100%, on this one ... I stand corrected, if I am wrong ... ]

IF, you (personally) "Share[d] [the Work] with the Temple System"; THEN, you MAY be able to "Unshare", from the "Temple System"; and, if your ORIGINAL "Reservation", has "Expired"; THEN, you MAY be able (and, WILL need) to "Reserve" AGAIN; and, then, "Share" with a "Family Group".

But ...

[ 3 ]

IF, you DID NOT "Share [the Work] with the Temple System"; THEN, you will NOT be able to "Unshare", from the "Temple System"; and, you will NOT be able to "Share", with a "Family Group".

I hope, that this may help/assist, somewhat.

Brett

Gordon Collett

To summarize:

1) 2-year ordinances, that had a green temple icon before you personally reserved them, can always be shared. They can always be moved back and forth between your reservation list, your shared with temple list, and your family group list whenever you want and as many times as you want until being taken for completion.

2) 90-day ordinances, that had a green temple with clock icon before you took them from someone else's shared with temple list, can never be shared. They are for you to personally complete for the person who reserved them or to unreserve so that someone else can find them through Ordinances Ready or so a temple can print them out and get them done.

Cathy DeCook

Thank you. That definitely clarified the issue.!