Reduced waiting time - Yea!

Hi Bill
Have they changed time to wait?  [A sister in my ward] put in the death date of her sister-in-law  and it said you can do / apply for baptism in 30 days…

I tried to ask the question to Familysearch and got no answer… j

Joyce
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Joyce,

During my 10 years in FamilySearch Support, the answer was always "365 0r 366 days after death (depending on the time zone of the person wishing to reserve the ordinances)". 

But checking Help, (?) on www.familysearch.org I see that this has changed. 

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"The ordinance status "Not Ready" means that the person has been deceased for less than 30 days. The ordinances become available to request on the thirtieth day after death.

"The process that changes the status runs twice daily: at both 12:30 AM and PM Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You can use a time zone calculator to convert the UTC time to your time zone.

"If the ordinance status changes to "Permission Required," you must get permission from a close living relative before requesting the ordinances."

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So the Lord truly is hastening the time.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. 

Bill Buchanan