Family is sorta transient and split up, where do records go

[Brazitach]

Our family lost the ability to keep our home and my mom let me and my two children stay in a room but my husband isn't welcome here so he has to stay elsewhere... Where do our records go if my husband is living in another city and I'm temporarily staying at my mother's? Also my mother transfered my records to her ward somehow but my two daughter's records have been removed? How is that possible.

[rmrichesjr]

Please talk to your ward clerk, ward membership clerk, bishop, or branch president. They should be able to get your daughters' records moved to be with yours. You'll be able to provide enough detail that together you can figure out what to do with your husband's records.

[davesudweeks]

I suggest you meet with your bishop and explain your situation. He should know what's best to do. The "standard" policy is to move the record if someone will be in another unit for 3 months or longer, but different circumstances can be accommodated based on what the bishop wants to do.

If your mother only had your record transferred into the ward, your daughter's records are probably still with your husband's record. Your clerk can request their records for you.

[BrianEdwards]

As well as the administrative aspect, I'd also encourage you to consider the ministering aspect of Bishops. If this is something that might extend for a while, it might be good to have both Bishops in communication with each other -- the Bishop of the geographical ward where your husband is living, as well as your own geographical Bishop. There's a lot of good that can come from Bishops being able to coordinate their ministering efforts for families in situations like yours.