The fastest way is do a single family or 2 with at least one name already in the nFS. After it is uploaded, see the list and click the one that is known to be in the system. Do Duplicate search to locate the one already in system and merge. One caution, the gedcom upload will automatically reserve all your available names in your family file - INCLUDING the un-related parents of spouse of your relative. I have 2 sets of such parents and I am trying to figure out how to remove them from my family file. They have no dates, etc. - just the names. From that particular mistake I learned not to include these parents in the gedcoms and manually enter the parents direct in nFS instead, to prevent them from ending up in my reserved list, to let somebody else who is direct-related to those parents to take care of it. It is not my obligation to do Temple work for these parents per instructions from support. They are aware of this glitch. David Samuelsen Salt Lake Temple District Jill N. Crandell wrote: > 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

David, I have added many smaller gedcoms to nfs and never had them automatically Reserved in my file list---is this in nfs? It has never automatically Done it for me. Stephen Kelsey -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of W. David Samuelsen Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:37 AM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Ordinances Done in Order Preferred The fastest way is do a single family or 2 with at least one name already in the nFS. After it is uploaded, see the list and click the one that is known to be in the system. Do Duplicate search to locate the one already in system and merge. One caution, the gedcom upload will automatically reserve all your available names in your family file - INCLUDING the un-related parents of spouse of your relative. I have 2 sets of such parents and I am trying to figure out how to remove them from my family file. They have no dates, etc. - just the names. From that particular mistake I learned not to include these parents in the gedcoms and manually enter the parents direct in nFS instead, to prevent them from ending up in my reserved list, to let somebody else who is direct-related to those parents to take care of it. It is not my obligation to do Temple work for these parents per instructions from support. They are aware of this glitch. David Samuelsen Salt Lake Temple District Jill N. Crandell wrote: > 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