I clearly think we are dealing with another church member who is not only NOT following the policies about consulting with closest relatives, but is mean-spirited to boot. In this case, I see no problem with your ward member entering the mother's name and "oops I made a typo on the death date" and reserving the work. Because the relative is uncooperative, I think your patron should move ahead quickly before this unkind relative beats her to it. The rules exist to protect people like your ward member, but obviously they are not doing it. She can take the matter into her own hands...but that's how I'd do it. This is a matter of "spirit of the law vs. letter of the law." Michele In a message dated 4/11/2009 11:08:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, grdavis@centurytel.net writes: Lol. I don't know if it is a sin to lie to a computer, Alan, but my ward member is making this a subject of prayer. She is hesitant to go around any policies set by the church but had promised her mother she would do the work and wants very much to do it. It is a dilemma. Thanks for your suggestions and all the others. At least it appears there are some ways of circumventing the system if needed. ----- Original Message ----- From: Whitcomb To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 6:12 AM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] reserving mother's name If you won't adapt the death date to reserve it.. someone else might... Is it a sin to lie to a computer? Alan W. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:43 PM, W. David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com>wrote: > To all, > > I found out for sure... > > Reservation of names of those who died less than a year ago, will not work. > > I tried with my friend whose mother died last Jan. > > So it is one year and 1 day (meaning just past 365 days) to grab and > reserve. > > David Samuelsen > > 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 > 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 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 **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)