Other Resources

Goal 4: Use other resources to search for ancestors who need ordinance work done.

There are other websites and browser extensions that may be helpful in identifying more ordinances for ancestors.
Note—Always be sure to verify the ordinances that are identified. Some may be for duplicate ancestors or spouses who are not part of your direct line, or some ancestors may have data problems that need to be resolved.

This article and this video explain an approach to checking information in names you have found for temple work. Also watch this video for things to know about name-finding apps.

Choices

A Use the Ordinances Ready feature in the FamilySearch Family Tree app to get a list of possible ordinances for your ancestors.

This feature searches Family Tree, reservation lists, and shared lists. For more information on finding temple names with the Ordinances Ready feature, read this blog article.

Ordinances Ready: FamilySearch App Feature Helps Find Temple Ordinances for Your Ancestors

B Use the Hope Chest extension with the Google Chrome browser to get a list of possible ordinances.

Google "Hope Chest Extension", and click the link that points to it on the Chrome Store.
In the upper-right corner of the window, click the Add to Chrome button.
To install the extension to your Chrome browser, click Add.
Sign in to FamilySearch. You will see a Hope Chest icon near the extreme upper right corner of the screen.
Click Search Ancestors, and then click Start Search. The search pauses on ancestor names who may need ordinances, and the entire search could take an hour or more with a large family tree. (The search does not extend before 1500.)
Review the list to eliminate duplicates and possible errors.
To learn more about using the Hope Chest Chrome extension to help find names for ordinances, watch this video.

BYU-I—Using the Google Chrome Extension Hope Chest—4:39

C Use Puzzilla or Virtual Pedigree to get a list of possible ordinances.

For basic information about Puzzilla, see Project 3: Descendancy, Goal 3.
To see how Puzzilla can be used to help find names for ordinances, watch this video.

BYU-I—Using Puzzilla.org—5:15

For basic information about Virtual Pedigree, see Project 1: Family Tree, Goal 5.
To learn about how to use Virtual Pedigree to help find names for ordinances, read this document.

RIVI—Virtual Pedigree - Five Minute - Find a Name

D Do research for Latter-day Saint ancestors.

Learn what types of records have been kept for LDS ancestors.

FS—Beginning LDS Research—3 pgs.
FS—Finding Records of LDS Ancestors

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