Jill, It is critical HOW you merge them after you send the gedcom in-- Depending on that determines what it says in the ordinance dates. Steve Kelsey -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill N. Crandell Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:51 PM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Ordinances Done in Order Preferred David wrote: I think this is one of those cases where the use of a small GedCOM applies. I did not take the time to check the KDs; however, my recollection is that nFS will accept ordinance information via a GedCOM and show the work as complete. Patron submitted information is over-written by anything which comes from Temple Records. I'm always willing to try something new, and I hadn't thought about doing this. So, I created a one person GEDCOM showing the unrecorded sealing date, imported it, and merged it with the record in nFS. I then looked at the ordinance information and it still said "in progress." Next, I went to FamilyTree to see what was recorded there, and it still says "in progress." I really think that while it is in progress, there is nothing that will change it. If it said "ready," I could hand enter or use a GEDCOM, but once it's in progress, nothing touches it. In my case, even the temple recording has been confirmed, it just isn't showing in the nFS system. I'll just wait, because I know the work was done. In the meantime, it will look to others like I'm sitting on it and doing nothing. :-/ Jill Crandell 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

Steve wrote: It is critical HOW you merge them after you send the gedcom in-- Depending on that determines what it says in the ordinance dates. OK. So, I imported the GEDCOM, went to the record, and then searched for duplicates. When it pulled up the other record, I combined them. Is there another way to do it that would say the ordinance was completed? Thanks, Jill Crandell