If I am not mistaken, for a certain period members were sealed to Church leaders. Only later was it revealed that we should be sealed to our own parents and so on, and that we should research our own genealogies and extend the blessings of temple work to our own ancestors -- instead of just being sealed to some righteous leaders and turning our backs to our ancestors. Of course there is more to it than I can express in three lines, but that's the main idea to answer your question, I believe. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Claire 1" <brer25@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:18 PM To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Subject: [LDS-WC] Confuddled - Willard Richards as a parent? > > I've been looking at a record for James HULME Christened 7 Feb 1784 in > Dukinfield, Cheshire, England. Looking at his ordinances I've found > this - > > > > Sealed to parents: 30 Jan 1889 SGEORG - Pres Willard Richards > > > > I'm a bit puzzled - can anyone explain why this might be please? > > > Many thanks > > > ~ Claire > > Ashton England Stake > > _________________________________________________________________ > View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place – Learn more! > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/137984870/direct/01/ > > 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 >