Family History Activity Report

Ronald Nunnally

I would appreciate any answers to the following questions about the Family History Activity Report (FHAR).

1. Is there a lag in time before the FHAR includes those who printed a family name card in FamilySearch?
2. If a member prints a family name card from Ordinances Ready and the person is a very distant relative, does the member still count as a "Submitter" on the FHAR?
3. Do all names printed from Ordinances Ready count as a submission by the member?
4. If a member is from a protected country like Iran, would the names they submit for ordinance work on FamilySearch be considered related to the member such that the member is counted as a "Submitter" in the FHAR?
5. Does printing a name from Ordinances Ready for someone totally unrelated to the member who requested the name qualify the member as a "Submitter"?

Ron Nunnally

Kerijy

Hello @Ronald Nunnally

There is a knowledge article which can help with some of your questions -

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/what-information-is-on-the-family-history-activity-report-fhar

1. Time lag - "Information is updated monthly on the 5th or 6th of the month, based on data through the end of the previous month."
2. Submitters - "Submitter: A member is counted once who submits one or more names for temple work. A submission includes printing a Family Ordinance Request, printing a family name card, or sharing a name with the temple. (Note: Sharing an ordinance with another person (even if it is accepted) or accepting an Ordinances Ready ordinance does not count as submitted until the card is printed.)

For further information https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/i-have-questions-about-the-family-history-activity-report-fhar

If you are a Stake Leader then I would suggest contacting your Area Temple and Family History Representatives.

kind regards

Dennis J Yancey

doesnt matter who they submit the names for -- or if they are related

a submission is a submission

but the COUNT is only per member (not per subission)

whether I submit one name or 100 names - I count as ONE person who submitted names.

Ronald Nunnally

Thank you Kerijy and Dennis for your responses to my questions. They are helpful.

I understand that a member who shares a name with the temple is one way to be counted as a "Submitter" on their unit's FHAR.

If Ordinances Ready provides that shared name to another patron, when the patron prints the family name card, is this patron also counted as a "Submitter" on their unit's FHAR?

Dennis J Yancey

I assume if they print a card it would be counted yes -- if they dont it wont.

(but Im not an expert on this technicality )

On the other hand if someone hands you a physical card and you just take that to the temple -- the temple would probably have no way of knowing who actually did it systematically . so I cant see that being counted by the person who took it to the temple. But the person who did print it would be counted.

Kerijy

Hello @Ronald Nunnally

Yes. That is my understanding.

"Submitter" is just an indication of someone doing something related to getting a name to the temple.

AnneLoForteWillson

You might also ask this question in the Temple and Family History Consultants group. There are a number of Family History Consultants there with experience that might be able to answer your question.

AnneLoForteWillson

@sshaver3970400 for this particular person Charin Suuroinen MM3G-Y6W, if you look at the ordinance page... it shows that she was sealed to a set of parents, that are not the currently listed parents. So there is a sealing-to-parents ordinance available with the currently listed parents, but there is also a previous sealing-to-parents done.