What Geneological Information is needed or preferred for LDS Temple work to be performed?

Question

As a child, I have always been interested in my family tree. I was the grandchild that spent the most time with my maternal grandmother, had the most overnight visits with her and bonded with her the most. I fondly recall working with her for hours drawing out family trees from her memories, complete with genetic information such as eye colors, hair colors, etc. I don't recall if these charts we drew up had all the birth dates and decedent dates on them or not, but the worst of it is that other relatives took the charts when she passed and won't admit they have them so they won't even share copies of my childhood endeavors.

On my fathers side of the family I have contributed to an ongoing project and have just received an update from my cousin. I have names, sex, birthdate and locations, marriage dates, and sometimes date of death for a long list of relatives reaching back to the parents of one ancestor born in 1884. I'm Jewish. What info is needed for LDS temple work?

I put in my question that I'm Jewish.

I don't have a Temple Recommend (and don't expect to as a non Mormon)

Finding out what information is needed so that names can be submitted was something that I was told would not break any of the sacred trusts and could be shared with me even though I am not a member of the church.

The question is "What Geneological Information is needed or preferred for LDS Temple work to be performed?"

Answer 1

http://www.familysearch.org is the website for family history run by the Church, there is a lot of good information on what you need to do there.

You can also check with your Ward or Stake Family History specailist. Most Stake Centers have a Family History center with access to the Church database, records of work already performed and accounts with sites like Ancestry.com, for free use. Some places, like Mesa, AZ--where I grew up, have a Family History Library across from the Temple with volunteers there to help you.

The best place to start would be with your 4 gengertation chart. This includes, you, your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

For submission to the temple you need a name, birth/death date, and if you don't know the death date the birthdate needs to be from at least 100 years ago, place of birth (City, Parish/County/District, State, Nation). The more information you have the better, so that you can make the family ties as complete as possible. It's also a good idea to check and see what work has been completed so that you don't end up repeating. All of your information will be submitted on compter disk, which put things in the correct format.

As for doing the temple work of Holocaust victims, yes it is true the Church as been asked to stop this, however, if you are a descendant, you can by pass this, as you can give permission for the work to be done. And you can also do work for more than 100 years past, because as you do this research it will only take about 2-3 generations to be past 100 years.

I hope this helps, and good luck with everything!

Answer 2

Members are encouraged to do Temple work only for direct ancestors who lived in the past 100 years. They are not to do other work unless agreed by a direct descendant. Members are not supposed to do work for Holocaust victims, for example.

All that is needed is a disc using Temple Ready format with relationships, names and dates. Go to a family history center for help.

Answer 3

if you are mormon then the ward you live in should have a family history center right in the ward building. you need to find an LDS church in the city where you live. look up the phone number in the phone book and ask your questions . somebody should be able to help you. good luck