Mormon Stories #1075: An Insider’s View of Mormon Genealogy and Temple Work - Don Casias Pt. 1

In this episode we will interview Don Anderson (Casias) regarding the 12+ years he worked as Sr. Vice President of Patron & Partner Services for FamilySearch for the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Topics we will discuss today include:

- The process for name extraction, and the challenge to find enough names for temple work.

- The use and occasional re-use of ordinance names for temple work.

- The tendency to harvest names of famous people to do their temple work. - The controversy around the performance of ordinances for holocaust victims.

- Concerns around the ability to prevent temple work from being done for those who do not desire the work.

- The Mormon genealogy industry. - How FamilySearch handles the history of deceased church leaders.

- His interactions with LDS apostles during his work there.

- His own story/faith journey.

- And much, much more!

Mormon Stories #1076: Don Casias Pt. 2

Mormon Stories #1077: Don Casias Pt. 3

Mormon Stories #1078: Don Casias Pt. 4

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Hearts Turned to the Fathers: A History of the Genealogical Society of Utah

Lots of us have common ancestors - that's where duplicates come from & members extracting their own names not having to vet them by the Church.