Why so many duplicate ordinances performed?
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:23 am
Hello!
I just found this forum.....it's great!
I and my older sister have recently been working on family member's genealogy. We have both been quite shocked at the duplications and numerous ordinances that have been performed over and over again for our different deceased family members. Most of our ancestors were BIC (grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.), yet many of them have been re-baptized by proxy as well as re-sealed to their parents by proxy, re-married by proxy and some of the ordinances have been performed over 10 different times on different dates and in different temples.
I even looked up Joseph Smith, Jr. and he's been baptized several times and sealed to his parents several times, not to mention that he's been sealed to Emma several times (and some as recent as later than 2001).
I don't understand technology that well....but, it seems to me that avoiding duplications should be a simple database, computer issue.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this.....I'm really just a novice and I'm still learning!!!!
gb308
I just found this forum.....it's great!
I and my older sister have recently been working on family member's genealogy. We have both been quite shocked at the duplications and numerous ordinances that have been performed over and over again for our different deceased family members. Most of our ancestors were BIC (grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.), yet many of them have been re-baptized by proxy as well as re-sealed to their parents by proxy, re-married by proxy and some of the ordinances have been performed over 10 different times on different dates and in different temples.
I even looked up Joseph Smith, Jr. and he's been baptized several times and sealed to his parents several times, not to mention that he's been sealed to Emma several times (and some as recent as later than 2001).
I don't understand technology that well....but, it seems to me that avoiding duplications should be a simple database, computer issue.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this.....I'm really just a novice and I'm still learning!!!!
gb308