Tech Forum

When a brother is ordained to the office of an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood, he usually receives a written priesthood line of authority (PLA) from the one who ordains him. My question: When an Elder is then ordained to High Priest and is given another PLA, which is used, the original or the o...

I have a situation where I was given information concerning the blessing of infants (all in the same family) who are now 4, 6 and 7 years of age. I was asked by our stake clerk to see if these were recorded. All of these children are listed under the same household and all have member records. I ass...

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What is the policy and procedure for dealing with a bounced tithing check? Is it run through again, or does the member re-issue it?

Thanks - Russell. The child was blessed in my ward. There is a certificate with all the information. I suppose I then create the record from that.

I have a situation where a family in teh ward has a 6 year old child who is not on their record. As it turns out, the child was blessed and they have the certificate for it, but apparently, this was not entered into MLS at the time. What do I do? Do I enter in the date of the blessing and create the...

Is the data used at CHQ for other purposes? For example, complied data from a stake reviewed by area authorities for discussion points with stake presedents, etc. Just curious.

I have a question about the WQR: Is all of the data used at church headquarters, or are some data points more relevant than others when reviewing a ward's report? I know, for example, that sacrament attendance is used to determine ward and stake budget allowances. Are any of the other indicators on ...

I have a situation where a family in the ward separated - records for the father were sent to another ward and the rest of the family stayed. He moved back into my ward and is back with the family.

I requested his records and now I have two households. How do I merge them back into one?

I have a family in the ward in which the husband and wife are divorcing. Finailization of the divorce won't occur until January 2012. The husband is living at a different address from the rest of the family. I need to make him his own household with his new address. I can't seem to do that unless I ...