When temple reservations expire, they are automatically shared with the temple (with a few exceptions) and made available to other relatives through Family Tree and Ordinances Ready. A few changes to how expiration dates work are explained below.
*As of January 2023, the 90-day period for ordinance reservations has been extended to 120 days.
Expiration Dates
- In general, ordinance reservations expire two years from the reservation date.
- Ordinance reservations you share with someone expire two years from the original reservation date.
- Ordinance reservations expire after 90 days* if they were retrieved from the temple reservation list by Ordinances Ready. (Learn more about Ordinances Ready and how it searches for ordinances.)
- When you reserve multiple ordinances for the same ancestor, the ordinance reservation will be extended for one year if at least one ordinance is completed before the expiration date.
Expiration Notifications
Your reservation list now shows an expiration date. Patrons will be notified of expiring reservations through the FamilySearch messaging system and eventually through email notifications (if an email address has been added).
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