Thank you, John. I actually didn't phrase my explanation clear enough. I knew what I wanted to say but wasn't saying it correctly but you did it perfectly. It is the match column. My initial thoughts were same as yours that a 84 percent is close enough for "government work" as the saying goes but felt I didn't know enough to safely insist that it was ok. Thanks again, Jackie in Idaho > From: john@ohanasoftware.com > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:51:14 -1000 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE > > Perhaps the reference to 84% accurate is actually referring to the % Match > column in the IGI Search feature of PAF Insight or FamilyInsight. If so, > then the person who said that the sealing can't be done is misunderstanding > the % Match value. It is merely an evaluation of how closely the data in > your PAF file matches the data found in the IGI. It does not mean that the > person found in the IGI does or does not represent the same person you have > in your file. That is something that is left to human judgement. And an 84% > match is almost always representative of the same person. > > So, if indeed the 84% was the number that FamilyInsight or PAF Insight gave > to the match, then it is very likely the correct person. In that case, there > should be no hesitation in performing the sealing based on the information > you found. > > Aloha, > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JACQUELINE KALINAUSKAS" <grandmajk6@msn.com> > To: "FAMILY HISTORY WARD CONSULTANT" <lds-ward-consultant-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:35 PM > Subject: [LDS-WC] HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE > > > > > > I have a member that did his fathers temple ordainces in 1991. He recently > > went to the FHC to put his mom through temple > > > > ready (yes, we are not on nfs as yet) so he can get her work done and get > > the parents sealed as well as have dad sealed to his parents. > > > > The problem is that the member was told that his deceased father shows in > > temple ready only 84 percent accurate as the right person and therefore at > > this point can not be sealed to his deceased wife or deceased parents. > > Unfortunately the son (the member) doesn't have in his possession that he > > can locate the proof that he did all the ordainces for his dad. > > > > So the question is , as the ward consultant, what and how do I direct this > > brother ? Do I call family history support with the complete information > > and see if they see something else or ask them to plug in the full & > > correct information. At this point the family is left "hanging" so to > > speak. > > > > Thanks in advance for some good answers from all of you experts. > > > > Jackie > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message