We also need to remember that there are many relatives that most people have. While it is very possible that Obama has no LDS relatives, he may have some somewhere that ARE entitled to submit some of these names. The same goes for other people's submissions. I only would like to see people work progressively on the names they clear rather than have them sit for months with no progress. It keeps other relatives (who may even be closer related to the deceased, but not acquainted with the one who submitted the names) from doing the work. It can be highly frustrating for close relatives who are new to the Church not be able to do the work for grandparents, because someone has already gotten them cleared, and months go by without any work being done on the cleared names. Once it's underway, they feel much better, but to know they're just sitting in limbo somewhere that they can't do them, and they don't know the person who did based on what's in NFS--put yourself in their shoes, and don't clear massive amounts of names that you can't get too very soon, especially names that are relatively recent, even if you can legitimately claim a relationship with them. There may be someone new to the Church that is even closer related, that would LOVE to do the name, and can't find a way to contact you. Does anybody have any ideas on ways to set up a working contact system with submitters? So far the system doesn't seem to be working, or else people are ignoring contact attempts. Karen In a message dated 5/19/2009 11:49:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dsam52@sampubco.com writes: This is today's reply from them concerning Obama's maternal grandparents since they were less than 110 years. David Samuelsen Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Support and alerting us to these names found in New FamilySearch. We are leaving the genealogical data available on New FamilySearch for genealogy purposes. However, the LDS ordinances tab shows "Not Available.” This prevents patrons from submitting inappropriate and/or unrelated names for temple work. We appreciate your interest and accuracy in this sacred work. 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 **************Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop: Now in 6 vibrant colors! Shop Dell’s full line of laptops. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222399266x1201456865/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215073777%3B3703434 3%3Bf)