Donald & Linda, The phrase "married for time only" refers to a marriage that ends "til death do you part" -- it may take place inside the temple, or outside of a temple (as a civil marriage). People who are married this way are generally already "married for eternity" to another spouse (who may have already passed on) that they wish to remain married to through the eternities. It sounds like your family member either wasn't baptized before their first marriage, or weren't worthy to enter the temple at that time. The phrase "married for eternity" (or "sealed to spouse" or "sealed for eternity") refers to a worthy LDS couple married for all of eternity inside a temple -- not just "til death do you part". Their living children can then be "sealed to parents" to remain as a family through the eternities, or children yet to be born are "born into the covenant" (BIC) of eternal marriage. Since your family members were sealed before the Salt Lake Temple was completed, they were probably sealed together in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Hope that helps, Andy E. Wold -- E-mail: wold.andy@usa.net Homepage: http://www.inovion.com/~aewold/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > In some information I recently received it stated that someone in my family > had been "married for time only" to her first husband, but married "for > eternity only" to her second. (The second marriage was in 1855 in Salt > Lake City) > > Can anyone explain this? > > Thanks > > Donald & Janice >