Family Name Assist

“Family Name Assist is a new feature available in Leader and Clerk Resources that helps bishopric members, branch presidents and others that local leaders designate assist Church members gather information to do proxy baptisms and confirmations in a temple for deceased family members.”

Anyone know how to find this in LCR?

jwalburger wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:33 pm “Family Name Assist is a new feature available in Leader and Clerk Resources that helps bishopric members, branch presidents and others that local leaders designate assist Church members gather information to do proxy baptisms and confirmations in a temple for deceased family members.”

Anyone know how to find this in LCR?

Temple > Temple recommends > 6th item from the top on the right hand side (Help Member Quickly Find and Print a Family Name Card for Temple Baptisms and Confirmations), does not say Family Name Assist there, but it does when you click on it.

Additionally, the Church News article points to a leader preview page, where if you click the "Learn More" button you're taken to the Steps to use Family Name Assist page, which lists two ways this tool can be accessed when using LCR.

Would a Temple and Family History Leader have access to this tool?

brundall wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:39 pm Would a Temple and Family History Leader have access to this tool?

So far it is difficult to tell as the Feature Access by Calling (formerly called Access Table) found under Help does not show this feature for anyone thus far. But see the links above from BrianEdwards as they will give you much more information and should answer your question.

I reviewed the links provided. It looks like it is accessed only through the Temple Recommend function/tool. So Bishopric members and Branch Presidents only. I am a ward temple and family history leader and don’t have that function/tool as it stands now.

brundall wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:37 am I reviewed the links provided. It looks like it is accessed only through the Temple Recommend function/tool. So Bishopric members and Branch Presidents only. I am a ward temple and family history leader and don’t have that function/tool as it stands now.

The church news article says "Also, other ward leaders with Leader and Clerk Resources access can be invited to help members in similar fashion." I have been tasked with figuring out if an EQ and RS president can do this and thus far it looks like the answer is "no."

mlh78 wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:59 pm The church news article says "Also, other ward leaders with Leader and Clerk Resources access can be invited to help members in similar fashion." I have been tasked with figuring out if an EQ and RS president can do this and thus far it looks like the answer is "no."

The write-ups indicate that RS and EQ leaders can be "invited". It's unclear to me if the invite is general access or just to assist a specific individual member. I have a feeling from the wording that it's the latter.

I've not found detail on how it's delegated other than delegating the printing of the card.

I'm also a TFH Leader, and now--almost a year after the previous conversations--I have access to Family Name Assist without, as far as I know, anyone explicitly delegating it to me. It lets me select a member (by name or record number), then help them find some names to do baptisms for. It also features a sample conversation to prepare them for the experience. If they don't have names already, some are provided--much like Ordinances Ready; the main difference seems to be that they don't need a FSFT login, which can be intimidating for many people.

I am serving as a Stake Temple and Family History Consultant and the "family name assist" under the Temple menu does not show up.

a.h.bustamante wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 11:54 pm I am serving as a Stake Temple and Family History Consultant and the "family name assist" under the Temple menu does not show up.

Family Name Assist is only available for certain unit leaders. It is not available at the stake level.

From Church News: Family Name Assist tool simplifies temple and family history work for Latter-day Saints

Latter-day Saints who serve in ward councils or who have access to Leader and Clerk Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org can use Family Name Assist, including bishoprics and branch presidencies, ward clerks and executive secretaries, elders quorum, Relief Society, Primary, Young Women presidencies, Sunday School presidencies, the ward mission leader and the temple and family history leader.