110 Year Rule and "Eternal Reminder"

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Tom J. McVey said: Why is it that the day after deceased individuals turn 110 you still have to get permission to reserve their temple work. I'm sure that a number of you out there use "Eternal Reminder" as your method of remembering who needs the work and you can no longer reserve work the day you get the Eternal Reminder email.

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Earl Marshall said: Due to some system big you have to re-enter the birth date in family Search. That usually clears up the issue.

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Tom J. McVey said: Worked like a charm! Thanks

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Cary Holmquist said: It occurs to me that there may be greater wisdom in the 110-year rule (remember the days when it used to be the “90-year rule?”) than simply waiting for an expiration date to pass in order to submit an ancestor’s/relative’s name for proxy temple ordinances. Remember the reason we are waiting—so that YOU will be considered the deceased person’s closest living relative, in that all the closer living relatives are likely to be no longer living, considering the life spans of most people. However, before the 110 years have expired, there may still be people who could be LIVING who are more closely related than YOU. And that you have the opportunity to try to find these living people before the 110 years expire to ask their permission to provide eternal blessings for your mutual relative—an opportunity to share your (implied or expressed) testimony of that eternal nature in all of us and how YOUR heart has turned to this mutual relative to provide those eternal blessings for a deceased loved one. If your request is rejected, that is a consequence of agency and you can “turn the other cheek” and can wait out the 110 years. However, if permission is granted, then you will be able to submit the name and the blessings of the eternal ordinances can proceed earlier. And perhaps you plant the seeds of interest through your motivation and testimony to the attention of other mutual, living relatives—and who knows how the Spirit may move in them? But the opportunity for that spiritual movement might not otherwise proceed—and help may be able to proceed from beyond the veil in turning hearts to more blessings for both the dead and the living—even including yourself. So why wait? “Gird up your loins, fresh courage take, and God will never [YOU] forsake.” Ask Him.

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A van Helsdingen said: According to the Code of Conduct:

We do not permit the following behaviors:
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Debate or discussion of topics that are not relevant to family history (like politics or religion).

Discussion of Latter Day Saint ordinances is relevant to family history, and thus allowed, but strategies for converting people to a different religion is most certainly not.