Issue 16.10
OneClickTempleTrip.com launched April 1, 2010, giving members of the LDS Church a quick and easy way to identify ancestors they can take to the temple for ordinance work. OneClickTempleTrip.com ties directly to new.FamilySearch.org, the well-known and comprehensive genealogy database built and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), commonly known as Mormons. The new web site has been certified by FamilySearch for temple ordinance work.
OneClickTempleTrip.com Quickly Identifies Ancestors in FamilySearch
The FamilySearch database encompasses billions of Church records documenting family events such as birth, baptism, marriage, sealing, death, and more. The system is currently only accessible by LDS Church members.
All the user has to do is enter his or her New FamilySearch username and password. OneClickTempleTrip.com then instantly constructs the family tree from new.FamilySearch data, combs through their pedigree to locate kindred dead requiring specified temple ordinances, and quickly synchronizes with FamilySearch to reserve the ordinances. All of this can be done on a home computer prior to going to the temple.
Without OneClickTempleTrip, users must perform arduous individual look-ups in the FamilySearch database, hunting for icons in the family tree that indicate work to be done, examining each individual record to determine if the work needed matches the temple work planned, and repeating the process until the desired ordinances are identified.
OneClickTempleTrip.com automatically performs all these steps, taking as little as 1/15th the amount of time per name searched. The value of time saved is tremendous! Users must have a username and password for access to new.FamilySearch.org in order to use OneClickTempleTrip.com. A full year of access costs just $24.95.
Simplify Preparations for Temple Work
“Complexity is the primary challenge for 98 percent of Latter-day Saint members trying to unravel their family history to identify ancestors for Temple work,” said Mark Mugleston, Editor-in-Chief of Mormon Entrepreneur. “In one click, OneClickTempleTrip.com removes the ambiguity of family history, prepares your family members for temple submission, and points you directly to the temple.”
About the Developer, OneGreatFamily.com
OneGreatFamily.com was founded in 1999 by Alan Eaton. Eaton recently received the “Computing that Serves” Alumni Award from the BYU Computer Science Department. This prestigious award is for “contributions to the field of computer science that make a positive difference in people’s lives.” Shanna Jones is a professional genealogist. For additional information, Shanna can be reached at (435) 628-4900 or shannasjones@msn.com.
But what about individual responsibility to combine duplicates first. That has to be done through some process.
I use FamilyInsight right now, another third-party accredited program, and part of the process is to identify possible duplicates and decide whether there is a match. And, sometimes a match in NFS need to be uncombined because of another person’s error.
Shanna Jones can be contacted at shannasjones@msn.com