Being sealed to a Church leader still goes on. I have noticed that within the last several years someone in Mexico has continued the practice. Oh - that we could be re-baptized like they did in the early days! Alan W. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Claire 1 <brer25@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Ah thank you Paula and Jorge - I knew about being sealed to the Prophet but > I didn't realise it was sealing to any Church leader. > > > > Many thanks again > > ~ Claire > > Ashton England Stake > > > > > > From: sootica@mac.com > > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:01:22 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Confuddled - Willard Richards as a parent? > > > > Yes, you're very correct. My ggggrandfather, William F. Rigby, was > > sealed to Brigham Young and his wife Zina, as his parents because his > > biological parents were never married. Later, the family has had him > > sealed to his biological parents. And often girls who had died without > > marrying were sealed to living men. A lot of my male ancestors are > > sealed to women they never met, sisters of their living wife for > > example, who died years before. This practice makes my new family > > search tree into a real nightmare. Paula > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Jorge Todeschini wrote: > > > > > 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. > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 >