As some of you may recall, not so long ago I found I had two wives, one deceased, one living in nFS. It was not a membership problem. The nFS folks fixed the database..I now have only one living wife... Regards, Fred -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary S. Scott (Michigan) Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 11:44 PM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Living showing deceased in nFS In reply to Joan Raney's email about the living parents being marked deceased. I think that this is a membership department situation and not necessarily a New FamilySearch problem. I think that the parents and/or daughter should contact the membership department of the Church directly about the parents being marked "deceased" when they are still living. Questions: do the ordinances for the parents show up? Could someone request to do any ordinances at all for them? The family should waste no time in contacting the membership department because it might be a snowball issue if they let it go. Someone (a distant relative) might think that the parents' ordinances are ready to be done. The membership department might ask for a letter from the parents but this is an easy task to do. While a ward clerk might be able to help, I would contact the membership department first and find out what they require to straighten it all out. Meanwhile, the sister should dispute the death information for the parents. Mary Scott Northville Ward Westland Michigan Stake Detroit Michigan Temple 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