Find ancestors on the IGI: Difference between revisions

To access ''temple ordinanc''e information for deceased persons (ordinance performed, date of ordinance, temple of ordinance) Church members must register on the family history web site,''[http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org].'' See your ward clerk first, so you can provide at the time you register the ''date you were confirmed'' a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and your Church membership number.

Since the languages of the islands were not written until the mid 1800s, spelling was not standardized. Thus, the name ''Te Aroahenui ''may be spelled ''Tearoahenui'' or ''Te-aroahenui ''or ''Aroahenui'' or ''Te-aroa-henui ''or ''Te aroa henui''. TempleReady can check names in the''IGI ''as exact spellings or as standardized spellings. If we choose standardized spellings, the''IGI ''will drop the spaces and change hyphens to spaces. It will keep the first syllable of the name and sort on it. Thus, ''Te Aroa Henui ''becomes ''Te,'' which is not helpful in finding duplicates.<br>In summary, if someone else submitted our ancestor’s name for temple work, but spelled the name differently, TempleReady may not find our version in the ''IGI.<br>''•'''To remedy this, we should search the ''IGI'' manually using all the spelling variations we can think of.'''