New FamilySearch Ordinances Ready Feature

https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/temple-ordinances-familysearch/

FamilySearch has introduced a new Family Tree feature called Ordinances Ready. Here is a description of the feature from the above blog post. 

For Church members, the ultimate temple and family history goal is to provide saving ordinances for their ancestors. 

This can happen whether you are able to serve as proxy for an ancestor in person or if you share the ordinances with the temple for someone to perform in your (and your ancestor’s) behalf. 

But, for various reasons, it can sometimes be difficult to identify an ancestor needing ordinances.
The new Ordinances Ready feature in the FamilySearch Family Tree app can help. Here’s how it works: 

Ordinances Ready searches FamilySearch Family Tree, as well as temple reservation and shared lists, to find available ordinances for people you are related to. It verifies that the person:

• Is related to you.
• Was born at least 110 years ago.
• Has chronologically consistent birth and death dates as compared with family relationships.
• Is not a duplicate, based on the information available in the tree.

In the near future, the Ordinances Ready search will expand to include ordinance reservations from the temple inventory, ensuring that anyone that uses it will be able to find and request ordinances to perform in the temple.

There are some important tips regarding the program also from the blog post.

Tips for Using Ordinances Ready 

• If you request ordinances using the new feature, be sure to take them to the temple on your next visit or give them to family, friends, or ward members. Under certain circumstances, ordinance reservations might expire after 90 days or longer.
• The Ordinances Ready feature will help generate just a few ordinance reservations at a time to make them easier to sort through and use for each new temple trip. If you need more ordinance reservations than you find on your first search, consider encouraging others try the feature for themselves for a fun family history experience.
• The first step when using Ordinances Ready is to select the ordinance type you are looking to perform. Notice if the results include other remaining ordinances for that person. Depending on the circumstances, these other ordinances can be shared with a family member or the temple, so others may do them. You can also unreserve the ordinances to make them available in Family Tree.