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Can Stake Presidency members and even the high counselor over family history be allowed to see who is doing Family History?
Obviously, this information is known. Could it be given in a report?
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We have been told by our stake leaders who asked this question of Salt Lake... Temple and family history work is like saying prayers and other personal forms of worship so names will not be released. Only general statistics.
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I doubt such a report will be provided anytime soon with the current emphasis on family history work being a broad category of activities that can change in emphasis throughout ones lifetime. No report will really show what a person is actually doing and any report that names names has a high risk of leading to misunderstanding, hurt feelings, and unintentional offense.
Take three different individuals:
Someone who spends half an hour a week with a name scavenging app and shares 100 names with the temple per week, not actually having touched any of their records.
Someone who spends hours at actual archives tracking down one elusive ancestor at a time and is able to sign onto Family Tree once a year to add a single name.
Someone who forgot his or her FamilySearch password years ago and spends many hours a week teaching grandchildren how to garden and bake bread while telling them all the old family stories.
Who will look best on any report? Who is actually doing the most important family history work?
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As a non-LDS person, I would strongly object if my FS account details were being shared with local LDS leaders.
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Tom Huber July 10, 2019 21:22Yours wouldn't be. You would have to be a member. All reports of this nature are tied to the member's membership number.EditDeleteRemove
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A lot depends upon whether or not FS is authorized to release the information. Someone from FamilySearch who is aware of what is and what is not authorized will have to respond.
The local leadership will actually know what kind of reports they have available. That information is theirs only to have. -
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I doubt such a report will be provided anytime soon with the current emphasis on family history work being a broad category of activities that can change in emphasis throughout ones lifetime. No report will really show what a person is actually doing and any report that names names has a high risk of leading to misunderstanding, hurt feelings, and unintentional offense.
Take three different individuals:
Someone who spends half an hour a week with a name scavenging app and shares 100 names with the temple per week, not actually having touched any of their records.
Someone who spends hours at actual archives tracking down one elusive ancestor at a time and is able to sign onto Family Tree once a year to add a single name.
Someone who forgot his or her FamilySearch password years ago and spends many hours a week teaching grandchildren how to garden and bake bread while telling them all the old family stories.
Who will look best on any report? Who is actually doing the most important family history work? -
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1The Family History Activity Report is what is authorized. It's available through Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR).
There are also ward and stake indexing reports. https://familysearch.org/ask/productS...
The FS blog recently published an article announcing changes to report access and to the design of the indexing report. https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/... -
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We have been told by our stake leaders who asked this question of Salt Lake... Temple and family history work is like saying prayers and other personal forms of worship so names will not be released. Only general statistics.
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“Like partaking of the sacrament, attending meetings, reading the scriptures, and saying personal prayers, doing family history and temple work should be a regular part of our personal worship.”
– Elder Allan F. Packer, The Book, October 2014, General Conference. -
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