Thanks for the info. It's been some time since I was released from Asst. Clerk, and I was not aware that the newer version of MLS now require MRN's for out-of-unit records.mkmurray wrote:So with that said (and the fact that out-of-unit records are for members of the Church and now require MRN entry), you're right that a nonmember record is the only one left to fit the bill. I agree the birthdate thing seems burdensome, but the wiki article I linked to before (and it's reference to the MLS Help File) say this about working around this issue:
It may work to manually add nonmembers for classes such as primary and SS, but (unless this has also changed with a later version) a nonmember record cannot be added to rolls such as YM and YW.
We have a number of active YM/YW in our ward who were not blessed and not baptized only because their nonmember fathers will not allow it. I guess without using the out-of-unit record workaround, there is now no way to included them in their respective MLS youth group lists - even manually.