Procedures changed in 1969 then again in 1974. I remembered more of 1974 procedures... 1. Individuals were submitted on the purple sheets, up to 5 per sheet, 3 front and 2 back 2. Race was required to be listed, white, Polynesian, black 3. Wait 2 to 5 months for approval Eventually the process got perfected toward 1988 with waiting time reduced from 2 months to mere 2 weeks for family files. David Samuelsen Stephen J. Kelsey wrote: > 1)There was a period where ward genealogical reps did review submissions. > 2)Most of my early work was submitted on family group sheets. Work was > Done as a family and the sealings were done using the family group sheet > And rather than seal one child to parents at a time, numerous children > Were sealed at once if there were enough people to do it. Usually for > A family sealing session, I spent a lot of time planning who was going > To be proxy for each individual and seeing that there were enough people. > 3)Very early on when the FHL was in the basement of the building that was > Where the Relief Society Building is now, patrons were not allowed behind > The counter and the worker had to get everything for them and they had to > Sign it out==one thing at a time. Later they moved to a building on Main > Street where Montgomery Wards used to be==I spent many hours searching films > In the basement there. > 4) Later the library was housed in the west wing of the church office > building > England was still in the basement as it is now in the FHL. > 5) I still have some very early sheets which were submitted for temple work > In the early 1900's===quite different. I have some problems there as many > times the relationship was shown as friend. > > Steve Kelsey