How do I request or reserve temple ordinances in Family Tree?

Article Id: 1440
May 16, 2025
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If you want to reserve temple ordinances for a specific ancestor, use Family Tree. If you do not have a specific ancestor in mind, use Ordinances Ready.

Reserved ordinances appear on your temple reservation list, where you can print or share the ordinances. If you cannot complete the ordinances within a few weeks, you can share them with the temple or others.

Note: When ordinances are shared with the temple and an individual reserves the next available ordinance, any remaining ordinances cannot be requested until the prior ordinance is finished.

Reserve ordinances through Family Tree

Steps (website)

  1. In Family Tree on the FamilySearch.org website, display the relative whose ordinances you want to request. 
    • If you are on the person page, click Ordinances, and then click Request.
    • If you are on the Landscape, Portrait, or Descendancy ​view, click a green temple icon.
    • If you are on the First Ancestor view, click the person's name, and then click one of the ordinance icons in the Temple section.
  2. Click to uncheck any family members for whom you do not want to reserve ordinances. (You must request all of the ordinances.)
  3. If you have any questions about the policies that govern temple name submission, click Reservation Policy.
  4. Click Request.

Steps (mobile app)

  1. In the Family Tree mobile app, display the person page of the relative whose ordinances you want to request.
  2. Tap the green temple icon in the top-right portion of the name banner.
  3. Tap to uncheck any family members for whom you do not want to reserve ordinances. (You must request all of the ordinances.)
  4. If you have any questions about Church policies that govern temple name submission, tap Reservation Policy.
  5. Tap Continue.

Steps (Family Tree Lite)

  1. In Family Tree Lite (lite.fs.org), tap the name of the relative whose ordinances you want to request.
  2. Scroll down to Ordinances.
  3. Tap Request.
  4. Tap to uncheck any family members for whom you do not want to reserve ordinances.
  5. Tap Request.
  6. Carefully read the Church Policy.
  7. If you agree to abide by the policy, tap Accept.

Reserve ordinances through Ordinances Ready

Steps (website)

  1. Click the Temple tab.
  2. Click Ordinances Ready.
  3. Click the ordinance you want to perform.
  4. Click Take to the temple.
  5. Follow the prompts on the screen to print the name card. Or write down the Family Ordinance Request number, and take it with you to the temple. A temple worker can use the number to print the name card for you.

Steps (mobile app)

  1. If Temple shows at the bottom of the app, tap it. Otherwise, tap the menu icon (3 horizontal lines) and tap Temple.
  2. At the bottom of the screen, tap Ordinances Ready.
  3. Tap an ordinance.
  4. Tap View People.
  5. View the opportunities. Deselect any ordinances that you do not want to perform.
  6. Tap Continue.
  7. If you are ready to print the name card, tap View Cards. Then print the card in the same way that you print another document from your device.
  8. If you want the temple to print the card for you, tap Save to Photos. A QR code saves to your device. Show it to a temple worker at the temple. 

Steps (Family Tree Lite)

Family Tree Lite does not support Ordinances Ready. Please use the website or app instead.

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