Brothers and sisters, I had a wonderful day yesterday hearing from so many of you sharing your experiences with me. I am writing back to the list to update and change one comment I made in an earlier email. I made the statement that after an excommunication, the rebaptism date is recorded on the family group sheets. I also stated that the original temple ordinance dates were used after a restoration of blessings. This would then show a later baptism date, but all of the ordinances are valid. I have had someone with personal experience let me know that after an excommunication and rebaptism, their membership record reflects the original baptism date. I think this is wonderful! Forgiveness has been given and received, and there is no need to draw attention to the past. I then wrote to FamilySearch Support to ask if there was an official policy about which baptism date to record on our family group sheets, and I received the following link in response. Restoration <https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/565/107225_f.SAL_Public.html> of blessings not showing This document states that the original ordinance dates will show in the files. Notice that there is no distinguishing between the baptism or other ordinances that have been restored. So, my comment and correction would be that if the Church is recording the original baptism date, then we should be doing the same on our family group sheets. I believe genealogists have just gone with recording the "valid" baptism date. If the blessings were restored, then they were restored. I think it's important not to draw attention to this event in a family member's life, and I'm happy to have "permission" to record the original baptism date. Thanks again for all of the personal and sometimes sensitive experiences that were shared with me yesterday. We all learn from each other! Jill Crandell