It is difficult for me to leave names waiting - knowing that those individuals are indeed waiting. Let's get them submitted and on their way - knowing that an ever expanding pool of names is unfolding as we read this. This is an extraordinary time. You can feel it and know that everything is coming together to pour even more names/resources into nFS. I have been amazed that names are pouring out of the computer every time I work on nFS. Let's get the work pushed out to the general Temple files as fast as we can - leaving no one behind - so that there is a deeper pool of names for the Temples to draw from now and knowing that there will be still other names that will make themselves known as the need is there and more members start to dig. As they say: "Leave no child behind" .... do the work for every relative you can identify (post 110 years) now - there are millions more records that will be ready at the push of a button later as more members join in to the work. . On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Shanna Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me give you a little different perspective.  Say you do the research, > correct the records and clean up the things in new FamilySearch, but don't > submit every name you find "Ready" in NFS.  Think of the other family > members who are just starting to use NFS, or youth who wants to do baptisms > for the dead, or family members who have been challenged by their Bishops to > find a name this year.  What if you left those available for someone else to > find and do themselves? > > Just last night I taught a class to a ward council, their counselors, the > bishopric, High Priest Group Leadership and family history consultants in a > ward.  As they were each at a computer in a high school computer lab, many > of them logged in for the very first time to NFS.  You should have seen the > excitement as the young Bishop found four family members in his direct line > that needed to have some ordinances completed.  He stood up celebrating the > fact that this was the first time in his life he had done any family > history, the rest of the ward members clapped for him.  I am sure that he > will share this experience with the rest of his ward members and lead by > example just as outlined in the new Leader's Guide.  Several others found > names that someone else had researched and added to NFS and they were able > to feel the joy of reserving them for themselves and now they will have the > opportunity to go to the temple and do ordinances for their own family > members for the very first time. > > I realize it is hard to let those green arrows go and not reserve every name > we see, but I think it is important to share.  We need not worry that they > will never get done if we don't do them right now, because there will be a > provision for that in the future. > > Shanna Jones > St George w/28 direct ancestors who were Utah pioneers > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Kelsey > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] temple ordinances > > I am very wary of that because I have given cards in the past to the temple > for them to do and they never got done and appear now in nfs as "ready" > Those of us who are retired and spend a great deal of time on nfs (at least > 40 hours per week) do a lot of names and assign them to the temple.  The > names I do are all usually born well before 1880, are all collateral > relatives and there should be no problem with conflicts. > When one has 19 direct ancestors who were Utah pioneers and you are supposed > to do family history, that is about all I can do. > > Steve Kelsey > > > > 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