Member Records Move Automatically after Boundary Change?

Question: when a ward boundary change occurs, do the records move automatically or does a clerk have to push or pull the records manually?

A clerk in the ward with the records has to move them to the new ward. There is a special boundary realignment function in LCR which can be used to move all the households in a single operation.

eblood66 wrote:There is a special boundary realignment function in LCR which can be used to move all the households in a single operation.

This tool preserves the address and other contact information that would normally be lost or have to be re-entered when doing a normal move.

The worst thing that could be done is do a normal move out to the new ward leaving the address blank. The receiving ward gets a bunch of records with no addresses.

Can you tell me the menu where the boundary realignment tool is under?

iwatanoiwa wrote:Can you tell me the menu where the boundary realignment tool is under?

Membership > Records > Move Records after Boundary Realignment

The changes have to be made by a ward clerk. You will need to work with your ward clerks to make the changes.

scgallafent wrote:The changes have to be made by a ward clerk. You will need to work with your ward clerks to make the changes.

Does it have to be a ward clerk, or can an assistant do it, or even a member of a bishopric?

I have a very unresponsive ward clerk and the new ward in anxious to get moving.

falcon771 wrote:

scgallafent wrote:The changes have to be made by a ward clerk. You will need to work with your ward clerks to make the changes.

Does it have to be a ward clerk, or can an assistant do it, or even a member of a bishopric?

I have a very unresponsive ward clerk and the new ward in anxious to get moving.

It has to be someone who can move records: Bishop, Ward Clerk, Ward Assistant Clerk, or Ward Assistant Clerk--Membership.

This is a process I always micro-managed as a Stake Clerk.. as well as Budget, Ward Missionary, and other Accounts.... sue me, it got done!

johnshaw wrote:This is a process I always micro-managed as a Stake Clerk.. as well as Budget, Ward Missionary, and other Accounts.... sue me, it got done!

Nothing wrong with that. When you have unresponsive ward clerks, and new bishops who don't really know what to do, it can be frustrating.

How do I move the records of a missionary to the new ward after a boundary realignment? I am in the missionary family's new ward.

chris2crawford wrote:How do I move the records of a missionary to the new ward after a boundary realignment? I am in the missionary family's new ward.

The same way the records are moved for anyone else. It would probably be best to let the old ward move the record as they can use the boundary realignment tool to avoid having to re-enter the address and contact information.

Now, if you're talking about the financial responsibility, that's completely different. You need to contact the missionary department and arrange for an effective transfer date so no one is left with a surplus or deficit.

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Nobody here can do that. The Forum is basically a user-to-user discussion forum. Unless there are different procedures for your particular area, you should probably use Leader and Clerk Resources to move the relevant membership records to the correct unit. If that does not work, you could ask the stake clerk for guidance/training. If that does not help, please contact the Global Services Department.