find place of baptism

6 postsstarted by joelbrooksby 1,177 viewsoriginal topic

New Member
#1
theres a member who doesnt know where she was baptized and would like to find out. I looked and the record only shows the date, is there someway to find out or something I'm missing? thanks everybody
Community Administrator
#2
You could call local unit support. They might have that information.
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Senior Member
#3
russellhltn wrote:You could call local unit support. They might have that information.
I suppose there is a small possibility. But the church doesn't retain who performed a baptism so I don't think it's likely that they retain where a baptism occurred.
Community Administrator
#4
eblood66 wrote:But the church doesn't retain who performed a baptism so I don't think it's likely that they retain where a baptism occurred.
Long time ago (but after they stopped recording that information), when I talked to them, they could tell me what ward did what to the record.

What I do know is what the wards are allowed to see is only a part of the complete record. CHQ has more - if for nothing else, auditing and tracking. But since it really has nothing to do with the member's spiritual progression, that information is not shared with the wards.

I believe that's the primary reason that if a member demands to see their records that they be referred to CHQ - which has the complete record.
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Church Employee
#5
They should at least have record of what ward her records started out in at the time of her baptism.
New Member
#6
thanks