What is the association between KINPOINT and FAMILY SEARCH?
I used to have an icon on my iPhone "Take a Name" I thought that this was a Church icon. This icon has disappeared and in it's place is KINPOINT Take a Name. I am reluctant to use this as it doesn't appear to be a Church program. What is KINPOINT and why should Kinpoint access to Family History Temple information. Why isn't "Take a Name" a LDS Church help using an LDS icon?
In this day and age with all the scams on the internet why would KINPOINT access LDS Temple information. If KINPOINT is a legitimate program of the LDS Church, then please issue a statement so that LDS members would know. I looked under Partners on the FamilySearch website and KINPOINT is not named. So what is it?
At the FamilyHistory Library in Salt Lake City today, I asked missionaries about KINPOINT and none of them have ever heard of it. If it is a Church approved site then please let missionaries and members know. I have shown my LDS friends this icon on my phone and none of them know anything about it. I have since deleted this icon from my iPhone.
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Kinpoint is described here, in the Solutions Gallery -
https://partners.familysearch.org/solutionsgallery/s/gallery-profile/a2Rf10000079qpFEAQ/00189
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Kinpoint is a partner program with FamilySearch. All this means is they have written software (Take a Name) and gotten approval to use data points in FamilySearch. They are not a Church company nor Church sponsored program.
FamilySearch / the Church authorizes the use of Ordinances Ready within the FamilySearch software for getting a name for temple ordinances.
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The icon is not representative of the Church and some people might not feel comfortable using it.
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Kinpoint is NOT a church created app. The Take-a-name app is a FamilySearch approved app. Because Kinpoint is NOT the church, they do not use any images that might mislead people into thinking it is. Kinpoint is a non-profit company founded to help people get closer to their ancestors through family history.
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Kinpoint's Take-a-name app is somewhat superseded by FamilySearch's Ordinances Ready tool which can be found both online and in the FamilySearch Tree app.
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Mostly true. The FamilySearch functionality is limited to reserved or shared ordinances. It does not seem to find ordinances that are ready which I can do that I have not reserved or shared with the Temple. That is a big deal, and I spend many an hour trying to find those… help?
I simply not know where to find those ordinances other than “crawling through my tree”. Quite possibly there is already a way? Thank you for all you are doing!
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@carlosmariomartinezmascarua You may be interested in these articles from the Help and Learning Center.
How do I find family names for the temple with Ordinances Ready?
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