Family History/ Activity Report/ Leader and Clerk Resources

I received a bulletin named "Family History in your Leadership Calling: A Hidden Gem to Aid Your Ministry" In this bulletin it states that in Leader and Clerk Resources under reports there should now be a new field for Family History with a sub tab Activity Report. This in not showing up in our system. I am the High Councilor over Temple and Family History in the Mound Fort Stake. It also wasn't available for my stake president. So has this really been released yet< Thank you.
Fred Goddard
fredneon@aol.com
[Phone number removed]

Bro. Goddard,

What resolution came of your question?

Bro. Carroll
Schaumburg Illinois Stake

Hopefully they'll extend access to the various Stake Temple and Family History Consultants too.

Is this data related to personal Temple Worship.... hopefully it's never available to the HC OR to Family History Consultants, if that's the case.

johnshaw wrote:Is this data related to personal Temple Worship.... hopefully it's never available to the HC OR to Family History Consultants, if that's the case.

No. It is a FAMILY HISTORY Activity Report -- personal temple worship is never reported on.

It can be generated at the ward or stake level, and includes data such as:

• The total number of members who have submitted a name YTD compared to the previous year.
• The percentage of the first four generation ancestors in the tree compared to the previous year.
• The number of individuals who have logged in to FamilySearch from the start of the current year to the end of the previous month compared to the same time the previous year.
• The number of individuals who have completed at least one of three activities (adding an ancestor to Family Tree, adding a Memory, or Indexing) from the start of the current year to the end of the previous month compared to the same time the previous year.

That said, although plans are in the works and it can be seen by a limited number of people at this point, I don't think it is broadly available yet.

From another thread:

https://www.lds.org/help/support/clerk- ... s?lang=eng

Beta Release 4.1

Estimated Production Release: June 9, 2017
New or Enhanced Functionality
Membership Related

Added a Family History Activity Report that allows ward and stake leaders to view member involvement in Family History activities.
Added Family History summary data to the Key Indicators report.
Added LCR access for Self-Reliance Specialists and Temple and Family History Consultants.

Priesthood Leaders and RS President now have access to the Family History Activity Report.

Consultants should have access in the future.

I am an assistant ward clerk and also a ward temple and family history consultant-lead. When I select either role I can see the report. However, a WTFHC-lead in another ward cannot see the report. I think the issue is they cannot log into LCR site yet.

They should have access as the access table shows they should.

He/they might want to make sure their calling is entered in correctly.

When I check under Stake T&FHC-I I have access and when I choose Ward T&FHC-I I also have access.

jokamura wrote:They should have access as the access table shows they should.

He/they might want to make sure their calling is entered in correctly.

And wait 24 hours after any change.

Is the number of members submitting a name unique submitters, or is it just listing a total number of members. In other words, if one person submitted a number each month, is that person listed once each month or just once in the year to date.

I believe the members submitting names (must be printed out or shared with the Temple) is unique. Meaning if a member submits 10 names in a given month it only counts as 1 submitted. I have attached some pdf files that address this...Must admit it is rather confusing so you may need to read it more than once. You should have access as a leader to the FHAR (Family History Activity Report)...it is located under the Reports menu on LDS.org. Hope this helps.

My calling (should say one of my callings) is Stake Temple & Family History Lead. My calling is recorded correctly but I can only view the FHAR for the current month of our ward ONLY. Shouldn't I have access to all wards and branches in our Stake? How do I support the lead TFHC in other wards and branches without the metrics that exist only to leaders in the various wards and branches? Thanks for any help.

You have multiple callings. When you want to view the stake report, you need to make sure you have selected the stake role. Look for the yellow field at the top right of the LCR page with your calling in it.

Thank you bunches! I feel a bit stupid as I didn't realize the connection between the yellow highlight and the report options. There it was right in front of me.

What counts as a "submission?" I would assume that if it is released to the temple it would count, but does it also count if the card is printed at home? Just want to make sure I understand what it is actually measuring. Thanks!

cbmcmurtrey wrote:What counts as a "submission?" I would assume that if it is released to the temple it would count, but does it also count if the card is printed at home? Just want to make sure I understand what it is actually measuring. Thanks!

The documentation (as included in this post) clarifies that indeed printing a card at home counts as a submission:

Submit: Submit the name of an ancestor for temple ordinances by:
o Printing a Family Ordinance Request (FOR)
o Printing a Family Ordinance Card
o Sharing a name with the temple for ordinances to be performed

I'm curious about cards that are printed multiple times. I frequently reprint, after doing one or two of the ordinances. Since everything is tracked online, printing again makes sure I have all the most accurate and up-to-date info – and I don't have to worry about cards getting lost or torn. I hope I'm not skewing statistics by doing that.

Question: "members submitted a name year to date"...Does that mean "This is the number of members who found someone who wasn't in FamilySearch, added them, and now that ancestor has a card printed off"? Or does that mean, "This member reserved this ordinances for an ancestor"?

MickelsonBJ wrote:Question: "members submitted a name year to date"...Does that mean "This is the number of members who found someone who wasn't in FamilySearch, added them, and now that ancestor has a card printed off"? Or does that mean, "This member reserved this ordinances for an ancestor"?

Please see the post two posts before yours.

I no longer have access to the FHAR. Has something changed as far as who is allowed to access these reports? I am a Stake and Ward Temple and Family History Consultant. Thank you.

Good evening


I m stake temple and family history consultant, i live in the Dominican Republic. I have several ward family history consultant in my stake that are complaining that their statistics are not correct. One of the consultant send me a list of the youth with whom she had work since the begining of the year and for which she had printed cards to go to the temple, to prove me that the numbers of the report is not corrected

Working myself with one of the youth to help her indexing, i had a look at her familytree and i saw that it was empty, but that familysearch had send a name to her previously in the current year and that she printed the name and went to the temple. Does that card count in the statistics? I am not in favor of that, it doesnt push consultant to work really with the members to find names in the family tree of he mebers


Another question : when we just print a card for a sealing does it count in the statistics of submiter?

thanks in advance for your answer

I was recently called as a young men counselor on the ward level, and released as a ward temple and family history consultant.

The LCR access table states that the ward young men presidency has access to this report, but I don't see it. I also serve as a stake temple and family history consultant as well. Not sure if that's why I can't see the report? I don't see the option to choose a calling since the stake and temple family history consultant no longer has access to LCR.

Any idea why it's wonky?

jokamura wrote:I was recently called as a young men counselor on the ward level, . . .

How long ago was your new calling recorded in the system? It can take a while, but usually no longer than around 24 to 48 hours, for the permissions to be resolved in the system.

jdlessley wrote:

jokamura wrote:I was recently called as a young men counselor on the ward level, . . .

How long ago was your new calling recorded in the system? It can take a while, but usually no longer than around 24 to 48 hours, for the permissions to be resolved in the system.

I was just called this past Sunday, but all the other reports and functions in LCR are up and working. Just checked LCR again and the family history report is not there. I'll ask the other counselor and YM president if they have access.

Just an update, unfortunately the access table seems to be wrong. 2nd Counselor in the YM and YW presidencies cannot see the family history report as stated in the access table.

We had a special stake conference this past Sunday, so I was not able to check with the YM President, but will do so on Sunday.