What Qualifies Individuals for Temple Work: Deceased for 1 year and 1 day A date and a place for a vital event (birth,

marriage, death, burial, baptism, etc.) Respect living family members wishes If no death information was found, you must

wait at least 110 years after the birth date (July 1900)

Determine if individuals died before 8 years of age

Make sure temple ordinances are not already completed

Here is an example of someone who lived to be 104

Respect Living Family Members Wishes

Why do I have to get permission from the closest living relative to do ordinances for someone who

was born in the last 95 years?

It is a Church policy that permission be obtained before doing temple work for an individual who is not your immediate relative. This policy ensures that we respect the rights of those who are more directly related to the individual for whom the work is being done. If you are the closest living relative (in this order: spouse, child, parent, sibling), then you can grant permission yourself.

Family Tree Accessible through FamilyInsight - Synchronize Temple Ordinances from Nauvoo - Current Temples networked to new.familysearch.org

International Genealogical Index

Accessible through Family Insight – Search IGI Temple Ordinances from Nauvoo - 2008 Temples Networked to familysearch.org

Temple slips used to perform ordinances: