Interesting. I thought that it was impossible to combine people who we aren't linked to. SO I was assuming that we'd need to be linked to do submit also. Thanks, Paula On May 7, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Whitcomb wrote: > It is possible to submit ANYONE (related to you or not) through > nFS. After > he died, I entered Sir Edmund Hillary (the first man to climb Mt > Everest) > into nFS. No.. I am not related, and NO I will never submit his > name for > ordinance work. But I have verified that we do not have to be > linked to > those for whom we submit work. > > With nFS we can see who submitted the work and Church authorities > can give > corrections to things done incorrectly. Since the work was done for > Obama's > mother in TempleReady.. it's all a guessing game as to the motives > behind > this submission. > > Alan W. > > > > > > On 5/7/09, Paula Goodfellow <sootica@mac.com> wrote: >> >> I'm wondering about the submitter. I'm guessing that it went through >> the Temple Ready since it was done in Provo. But wouldn't nfs have >> prevented them from submitting the ordinance if it wasn't linked into >> their tree? I suppose they could have created a fake connection >> somewhere, but that seems pretty far-fetched. Paula >> On May 7, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Jill N. Crandell wrote: >> >>> I'd like to make a point that some may not have thought of with this >>> situation. We don't know whether it was done appropriately or >>> inappropriately, but we all suspect that the rules of contacting the >>> nearest >>> living relative were probably not followed. >>> >>> However, there is another disobedience that has also occurred. Helen >>> Radkey >>> gives the Church a lot of grief over these ordinances, and her >>> ability to do >>> that is because she has access to the ordinance information in the >>> IGI. >>> Notice that she knew the dates the work was done for Obama's mother. >>> There >>> is a member of the Church somewhere who is giving her access, which >>> gives >>> her the ability to create these news reports. Either someone has >>> given her >>> their sign-in and password to use as she pleases, or she is able to >>> get >>> someone at an FHC or the FHL to "help" her by signing in for her-- >>> possibly >>> not knowing who she is. As consultants, we all need to remember that >>> the >>> rules are in place for a reason, and if someone is unable to sign >>> in, we >>> should "help" them contact their ward clerk--not sign in for them. >>> >>> Jill Crandell >>> >>> 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 >> > > 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

Paula wrote: I thought that it was impossible to combine people who we aren't linked to. Nope, I have combined a lot of people from my non-related research as well. Jill Crandell