For a woman to be sealed to more than one man, she must be deceased. Karen On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Harry Laughman <[email protected]> wrote: > I know a sister may be a female may be sealed to all she has been married > to in this world, providing all have died. Now I have forgotten if she must > be dead. > > Harry L. > > A CONSTITUTIONALIST WITH RADICAL VIEWS > > > > > --- On Sun, 3/4/12, Megan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Megan Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 7:50 PM > > I don't believe that she can be sealed to a deceased spouse that she is > currently divorced from - she would need to have her Bishop check the > Handbook on that one. > > Megan Smith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Scott > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 4:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > > Nancy, > > I guess that she is putting the ex-husband who is deceased as a spouse in > nFS? If so, she should certainly indicate that they are divorced. She > should be prayerful about exactly what she does other than his ordinances. > If she comes to believe that she should be sealed to him, she would need to > get a living recommend for Sealing to Spouse from the appropriate > Priesthood > which I believe is her Bishop and Stake President. Being a new member, I > would advise her to fast and pray about this sort of thing to be sure this > is what she should do. > > When I was a new member, I was divorced and dating a someone who was very > kind and a generous person. He was opposed to the church though. My > ex-husband was interested in the church and did eventually join but his > repentance was short lived, though we remarried and were sealed in the > temple. He attended the temple only once and then became inactive and > never > attended again. I can look back on it and realize that I never actually > got > a confirmation that I should take up the relationship with the ex-husband > who had a history of being unkind and abusive and wish that I had done so. > Perhaps it was still the right thing to do, but not having gotten the > confirmation and then another divorce 20 years later makes one question > whether or not it was. > > Nancy Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy > Gibert > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 05:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > > Please help me answer a question for a new member. She wants to do the > temple work of her ex-deceased husband. She feels very strongly that she > needs to do the work. She knows she needs permission. His mother is still > living. From reading the information below it looks like she can just get > verbal permission. Is that correct? When we enter into > newfamilysearch.org > I am helping her add, so do I add him as her spouse but I will need to add > divorce date right? Where to I indicate that she has permission? > Thanks > Nancy > > User's Guide to the New FamilySearch Website (20 February 2012) > > (LDS Version) Do I Need a Relative's Permission to Perform Ordinances? > (110-Year Rule) > > Problem > .When do I need to get permission to perform ordinances? > .Which relative can give permission for ordinances to be performed? > > Resolution > > Before doing ordinances for a deceased person born in the last 110 years, > please remember that close relatives may not want the ordinances performed, > or they may want to do the ordinances themselves. > > > You may do ordinances for your own deceased spouse, child, parent, or > sibling, but please consider the wishes of other close living relatives, > especially a living spouse. > > If you are not a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the deceased, please > obtain permission from the closest living relative before doing the > ordinances. The closest living relatives are, in this order: an undivorced > spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married when he or she died), > an adult child, a parent, or a brother or sister. > > Verbal approval is acceptable. Family members should work together to > determine when the ordinances will be done and who will do them. > > 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one!

This is true, I had to wait for a year after my mother's death to seal her to my dad.  I asked her before she passed away if she wanted to be sealed to him and she said she did, and it was the only way I could be connected to my grandparents who raised me as a young child. Betty Jo Colbert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Tippets" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 8:09:28 PM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission For a woman to be sealed to more than one man, she must be deceased. Karen On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Harry Laughman <[email protected]> wrote: > I know a sister may be a female may be sealed to  all she has been married > to in this world, providing all have died. Now I have forgotten if she must > be dead. > > Harry L. > > A CONSTITUTIONALIST WITH RADICAL VIEWS > > > > > --- On Sun, 3/4/12, Megan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Megan Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 7:50 PM > > I don't believe that she can be sealed to a deceased spouse that she is > currently divorced from - she would need to have her Bishop check the > Handbook on that one. > > Megan Smith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Scott > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 4:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > > Nancy, > > I guess that she is putting the ex-husband who is deceased as a spouse in > nFS?  If so, she should certainly indicate that they are divorced.  She > should be prayerful about exactly what she does other than his ordinances. > If she comes to believe that she should be sealed to him, she would need to > get a living recommend for Sealing to Spouse from the appropriate > Priesthood > which I believe is her Bishop and Stake President.  Being a new member, I > would advise her to fast and pray about this sort of thing to be sure this > is what she should do. > > When I was a new member, I was divorced and dating a someone who was very > kind and a generous person.  He was opposed to the church though.  My > ex-husband was interested in the church and did eventually join but his > repentance was short lived, though we remarried and were sealed in the > temple.  He attended the temple only once and then became inactive and > never > attended again.  I can look back on it and realize that I never actually > got > a confirmation that I should take up the relationship with the ex-husband > who had a history of being unkind and abusive and wish that I had done so. > Perhaps it was still the right thing to do, but not having gotten the > confirmation and then another divorce 20 years later makes one question > whether or not it was. > > Nancy Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy > Gibert > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 05:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LDS-WC] temple work/permission > > Please help me answer a question for a new member.  She wants to do the > temple work of her ex-deceased husband.  She feels very strongly that she > needs to do the work.  She knows she needs permission.  His mother is still > living.  From reading the information below it looks like she can just get > verbal permission.  Is that correct?  When we enter into > newfamilysearch.org > I am helping her add, so do I add him as her spouse but I will need to add > divorce date right?  Where to I indicate that she has permission? > Thanks > Nancy > > User's Guide to the New FamilySearch Website (20 February 2012) > > (LDS Version) Do I Need a Relative's Permission to Perform Ordinances? > (110-Year Rule) > > Problem > .When do I need to get permission to perform ordinances? > .Which relative can give permission for ordinances to be performed? > > Resolution > >  Before doing ordinances for a deceased person born in the last 110 years, > please remember that close relatives may not want the ordinances performed, > or they may want to do the ordinances themselves. > > > You may do ordinances for your own deceased spouse, child, parent, or > sibling, but please consider the wishes of other close living relatives, > especially a living spouse. > > If you are not a spouse, child, parent, or sibling of the deceased, please > obtain permission from the closest living relative before doing the > ordinances. The closest living relatives are, in this order: an undivorced > spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married when he or she died), > an adult child, a parent, or a brother or sister. > > Verbal approval is acceptable. Family members should work together to > determine when the ordinances will be done and who will do them. > > 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one! 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