Non-member Preffered names in directory

4 postsstarted by jspector 2013-03-17 17:27 UTC12,850 viewsoriginal topic

New Member

#1
2013-03-17 17:27 UTC

I imagine this has been brought up before, but why does our non-member spouses show up in the directory with full names, not preferred names. We put preferred names in there and yet they only show for the member. In some cases, it is even more touchy.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Jeff

russellhltn

Community Administrator

#2
2013-03-17 18:36 UTC

Are you talking about the beta directory or the production one?

Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.

jspector

New Member

#3
2013-03-17 18:58 UTC

The current one.

eblood66

Senior Member

#4
2013-03-17 21:41 UTC

jspector wrote:I imagine this has been brought up before, but why does our non-member spouses show up in the directory with full names, not preferred names. We put preferred names in there and yet they only show for the member. In some cases, it is even more touchy.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Jeff

The information for non-member spouses comes from the marriage information for the member. That information lists the full legal name and has no place for a preferred name for a spouse who doesn't have their own membership record. So the only thing the directory can show is the full name.