My mother and I need to find baptism of my mothers sister

cindyreynoldswalker

My mother has reserved the temple work for her sister:

Betty Jane WADE

12 February 1939 – 5 February 2020

 • GQ6J-FMX

My mother knows Betty Jane was baptized in Long Beach, California. She was about 9 years old, so about 1948. After attending BYU in Utah in the late 1950's, she never attended church again. She may have had her records removed. Can someone help us find her original baptism record? Can we get a film from our family history library? Thanks

Bryan54

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Eric.Scott

@cindyreynoldswalker thank you for your inquiry. The reason that Betty's baptism date is not on her ordinances page may be that her membership record was not updated when she passed away, thus the official church record for her wasn't moved to the public tree and has not been merged. This record of her was created shortly after her death, which supports this hypothesis. Review the knowledge article entitled "Missing Ordinance and Membership Information in Family Tree"

https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/missing-ordinance-and-membership-information-in-family-tree

Here are the details:

Contact the unit clerk

The ward or branch clerk must add a death date to the Church record before you can find the deceased person in Family Tree.

1. Reserve the name to prevent duplication or ordinance work. 
2. Contact the ward or branch clerk, where possible, and provide death information so he can update the Church record. 
3. Your ward or branch clerk can update the official Church record when you provide proof of death. After the clerk adds a death date, you can see the member version as deceased in Family Tree.
   1. Death certificate
   2. Obituary
   3. Funeral program
   4. Other official death notice
4. When no death date is on the official Church record, Family Tree marks ordinances as "Not Available."
   1. For a person deceased more than 1 year and 1 day, you see all of the ordinances that are completed. Any uncompleted ordinances show as Request, Request (permission required), or Reserved. 
5. When you can add the death information to a record in your private spaces, it does not affect the official Church record. 
6. A record update can take a few days or weeks. After the update, you see changes in Family Tree.
   1. For a person who is deceased less than 1 year and 1 day, uncompleted ordinances show as "Not Ready."

When the clerk records the death of a member, Family Tree creates a public record for that person. The new record is different from the record in your private space. Add the death information to the private space record. Then search for duplicates, and merge the private record with the membership record.  

Get help

If the problem persists, contact us through Community.

1. Sign in to FamilySearch Community.
2. On the left, click Q and A.
3. Click Temple.
4. Click Ask a Question.
5. For the subject, enter Missing ordinances.
6. Provide details:
   1. Your relationship to the individual needing attention.
   2. Any information so we can find the person whose ordinances are missing, such as full names of parents or spouses. Provide the correct information or an explanation of how you know the ordinances were completed.
   3. The deceased member’s name, birth date, and ID number, as well as his or her death date and place.
   4. An explanation of what is wrong.
7. Click the paper clip icon and attach a scanned copy of a death certificate, obituary, funeral program, or other official death notice.
8. Click Ask Question.

Bryan54

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