The Name Extraction Program
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:16 am
The LDS church has been extracting names from vital records for decades in order to provide names for temple goers to perform proxy ordinances for.
These names are not related to members of the church, except those that are by chance.
The way in which the church puts the name into the system is not orderly. I have come across instances where John Doe* and Mrs. Doe were sealed as a couple with no other ordinances ever done. The names are also often missing important pieces of information, such as birth or death dates and places.
Members of the LDS church are told to do vicarious work for their own ancestors. They are told to prayerfully select an ancestor. They are also given a set of requirements to meet before a name can be submitted.
For example:
The person must have a deathdate of 1 year ago or more. Without a deathdate the person must have a birthdate of 110 years ago or more.
If the person was born 95 years ago or less you must get permission from nearest living relatives.
You must have at least one event date and event place.
Members are told that all ordinances should be done in order. A couple should not be sealed until the baptism and endowment are complete. Children should be sealed to the couple after they have their other temple ordinances complete AND after the parents are sealed.
The church extraction names do not appear to follow this order. Marriage records are used to seal couples who have not had any other ordinances done. Children are sealed to parents that are not sealed.
Members are told not to submit famous people or royalty. Yet, the extraction program does not determine if a name belongs to a dead famous person or royalty.
Why is it that the LDS church doesn't have to follow the same rules that they have set forth?
Here is a really good article about temple work and the extraction program. It uses Ensign quotes and gives some interesting numbers. (I have not looked at the rest of the site)
*Name changed to protect the innocent. ;P
These names are not related to members of the church, except those that are by chance.
The way in which the church puts the name into the system is not orderly. I have come across instances where John Doe* and Mrs. Doe were sealed as a couple with no other ordinances ever done. The names are also often missing important pieces of information, such as birth or death dates and places.
Members of the LDS church are told to do vicarious work for their own ancestors. They are told to prayerfully select an ancestor. They are also given a set of requirements to meet before a name can be submitted.
For example:
The person must have a deathdate of 1 year ago or more. Without a deathdate the person must have a birthdate of 110 years ago or more.
If the person was born 95 years ago or less you must get permission from nearest living relatives.
You must have at least one event date and event place.
Members are told that all ordinances should be done in order. A couple should not be sealed until the baptism and endowment are complete. Children should be sealed to the couple after they have their other temple ordinances complete AND after the parents are sealed.
The church extraction names do not appear to follow this order. Marriage records are used to seal couples who have not had any other ordinances done. Children are sealed to parents that are not sealed.
Members are told not to submit famous people or royalty. Yet, the extraction program does not determine if a name belongs to a dead famous person or royalty.
Why is it that the LDS church doesn't have to follow the same rules that they have set forth?
Here is a really good article about temple work and the extraction program. It uses Ensign quotes and gives some interesting numbers. (I have not looked at the rest of the site)
*Name changed to protect the innocent. ;P