Ordinances Ready

Bob Paton

why are names suggested for Sealing to Parents when the parents work isn't done?

DMS1737

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Community. Here are the official policies for Sealings performed out of order:

Ordinance Ready:

The Ordinances Ready feature allows sealings to be done before the individual ordinances. It is acceptable to perform these sealing-to-spouse ordinances without checking that the individual ordinances have been performed.

If a sealing ordinance was done out of order, you should simply make sure that the rest of the ordinances get done. You do not need to redo the sealing. The sealing becomes valid after the individual ordinances are done.

Here is the link that will explain in further detail for you:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/temple-ordinance-dates-out-of-order-in-family-tree

Kind Regards

melville,dl

I believe the previous comment addresses the situation of sealing to spouse being done before individual ordinances are completed for either/or each individual spouse.

Bryan54

Correct order of temple ordinances

Article Id: 138

April 20, 2020

Vicarious ordinances performed out of sequence are valid, but they become effective only after the prerequisite ordinances are completed.

The FamilySearch Family Tree website enforces the correct order of individual ordinances: baptism, confirmation, initiatory, and endowment.

It is preferred that sealings be done after individual ordinances, but it is not required. Family Tree does not enforce the order of sealings for deceased persons. A deceased couple can be sealed before their individual ordinances are done. Likewise, a deceased child can be sealed to deceased parents before the parents are sealed and before the parents’ individual ordinances are done.

If a sealing ordinance was done out of order, you should simply make sure that the rest of the ordinances get done. You do not need to report the issue to FamilySearch Support. Nor do you need to redo the sealing. The sealing becomes valid after the individual ordinances are done.