Jill: It depends on which one you choose and then merge the other with. I believe if you choose the one already in nfs and then choose the Other one to merge with, it will give you the ordinance dates already in nfs. If you choose the one you added and choose the other one to merge with It will give you the "completed" if you had anything in the ordinance dates On the gedcom you added. This is all involved with which is the last one Merged, etc. It could be just the opposite of this, I am not sure--but when I have added A gedcom file, the one to choose is critical if you have anything on your Ordinance dates in the gedcom and want to maintain the dates in nfs without The "completed" getting in the way. Steve Kelsey 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 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

Stephen wrote: It depends on which one you choose and then merge the other with. Stephen, I appreciate your continued explanation, but it isn't working for me. Yesterday, I went to the one I added after the import, then searched for duplicates in nFS, and combined. Nothing happened to the sealing status, it continued to say "in progress." Today, I chose another person (since I have three of these), and copied the PID of the one already in the file. I created a one person GEDCOM, and imported it. Then, I went into the nFS search function, found the person previously in the file by using the PID, searched for the duplicate I just added, and combined them. It still didn't do anything differently. The sealing date still says "in progress." I appreciate your help, but I don't think anything will change an "in progress" status until the ordinance shows in the system from a temple source. Jill Crandell

Please send me offlist the person number of the one you have in 3 times and let me look at it a little bit. Stephen Kelsey sjkelsey@msn.com -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill N. Crandell Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:43 PM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Merging people Stephen wrote: It depends on which one you choose and then merge the other with. Stephen, I appreciate your continued explanation, but it isn't working for me. Yesterday, I went to the one I added after the import, then searched for duplicates in nFS, and combined. Nothing happened to the sealing status, it continued to say "in progress." Today, I chose another person (since I have three of these), and copied the PID of the one already in the file. I created a one person GEDCOM, and imported it. Then, I went into the nFS search function, found the person previously in the file by using the PID, searched for the duplicate I just added, and combined them. It still didn't do anything differently. The sealing date still says "in progress." I appreciate your help, but I don't think anything will change an "in progress" status until the ordinance shows in the system from a temple source. 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