Update: November 1, 2022—Printing Family Name Cards for Both Sexes Using Ordinances Ready

A family visiting the temple. A dad, two daughters, and a son.

In Ordinances Ready, you can now specify which sex you are searching for when selecting an ordinance type. This allows members to use Ordinances Ready to reserve ordinances and print cards for both sexes, which can be helpful when printing family name cards for others. At the temple, patrons will still only be able to complete vicarious temple work for individuals of the same sex.

If friends or family want to find ordinances for their own ancestors using Ordinances Ready, they will need to log in to their own FamilySearch account.

Please note Ordinances Ready will only make one set of reservations per ordinance for each sex (for example, one endowment ordinance reservation or a few baptismal ordinance reservations). Patrons can make additional reservations using the temple page on FamilySearch.org.

For steps on how to use this new update, visit the help article here.


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