Merged records in Family Tree can affect ordinance reservations. It can change what ordinance data appears, and whether you can reserve ordinances.
How merge affects the process of reserving family names
Family Tree requires you to resolve duplicate records before reserving temple ordinances of a particular ancestor. As a result of a merge, you can discover that certain ordinances you were expecting to reserve are already completed.
Note: If a record indicates that ordinances are not available, be sure to research and resolve the issue before attempting to merge records.
How merges affect reservations
When you merge a record that has completed ordinances with a record that has reserved ordinances, the completed ordinance dates appear on the surviving record.
The member who reserved the ordinances on the duplicate record sees this message. "This person's information has changed, and temple ordinances may no longer be available. You must unreserve this request and try again later."
If the ordinances were shared with the temple, they are automatically unshared.
Two members can reserve ordinances for the same person with different IDs. Then someone merges these duplicate records. As a result, our system grants the right to do the ordinances to the member who reserved the ordinances first.
How merge affects completed ordinances
Completed ordinances can take up to 24 hours to show up on the surviving record after a merge. If ordinances are duplicated, the earliest valid ordinance dates appear.
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