No record made for child, contacting past ward

Hello all,

I have a new ward member whose child never had a member record made. This should have happened for the child two wards ago. I am now having to pick up the pieces and figure out how to proceed. The first thing I need to do is contact the ward in which the child was born. I was told that this is the Laie married student ward in Hawaii. Can one of you tell me how to find the bishop/clerk of a ward based on the name?

Many thanks as I am quite new to this calling!

Nathan Larson
Clerk Vienna 4rth Ward

Assuming the child has not yet reached the age of 8, and you can get the needed permission from the parents, just go ahead and create it. I'm not sure what the prior ward has to do with it. Blessings are not a saving ordnance, so obtaining that information isn't needed.

As for a "Laie married student ward", you're likely dealing with a BYU-Hawaii stake with a high turnover. If they weren't organized enough to create the record, I doubt if they were organized enough to have any other kind of record that could be used.

As russelhltn indicated, there is no need to contact the prior ward. But just to be sure that no record was created you should attempt to request the child's record individually using their full name and birth date. Assuming no record shows up then select Membership > Create Record from the menu in LCR and follow the prompts. It will ask you information, then prompt you to download and printout a form to get permission from the child's parents. Once they have finished filling out and signing the form, you'll need to scan or take a picture of it and upload it to LCR and then finish the process to create the record.

But just for your information, you can find the contact information for the bishop and clerk of a ward by going to https://cdol.churchofjesuschrist.org and searching for the unit. You can also find CDOL from LCR by selecting Applications > Church Directory of Organizations and Leaders from the menu.

This is all assuming the child hasn't yet reached the age of 8. If they have, you could try and talk to support, but I don't know as you have any options until they're baptized.