Janet, Here is a piece for Appendix D part of the new Family Search user guide issued Feb 2009 This should answer your question Janet Ballingham For Whom Should I Do Temple Ordinances? Church members are responsible to provide temple ordinances for immediate family members and direct-line ancestors (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., and their families). Ordinances can be provided without regard to worthiness, mental ability, or cause of death. Can I Do Ordinances for People Who Are Not in My Immediate Family or Direct Family Line? Church members may provide temple ordinances for the following individuals who have been deceased at least one year. • Biological, adoptive, and foster family lines connected to their family. • Collateral family lines (uncles, aunts, cousins, and their families). • Descendants. New FamilySearch: User’s Guide © 2007, 2009 IRI 161 • Descendants of direct-line ancestors and their families. • Possible ancestors. These are individuals who have a probable family relationship that cannot be verified because the records are inadequate. These may include individuals who had the same last name and resided in the same small geographic areas as known ancestors. • Close friends. This is an exception to the rule that members should submit only the names of individuals of their own family and ancestors. Before performing ordinances for a friend, a member should obtain permission from the individual’s closest living relative. What Ordinances Should I Not Do? Church members should not submit individuals that they are not related to (with the exception of close friends). This includes: • Famous people. • Those gathered from unapproved extraction projects. • Jewish Holocaust victims. Members cannot do the ordinances for these people except under the following conditions: - They are an immediate family member of the deceased (defined as parents, spouse, or children), or - They have permission of all living immediate family members, or - They have the permission of the closest living relative if no immediate family members are living. -----Original Message----- From: lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lds-ward-consultant-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Nielsen Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:58 AM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: [LDS-WC] (no subject) I just finished reading the book God's Greatest Gift by Theodore M. Burton, published in 1977.  He was pretty adamant that our collateral lines should not be worked on.  Does anyone know the Church's policy on this.  I think I read somewhere it was OK to do our collateral lines. Thanks, Janet 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