“The
Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol 2, p 208
“Some
of us get so
enthusiastic over this temple work that we are not willing to abide by
the
rules and the regulations and to confine ourselves to our own line, but
we want
to spread out into the other fellow’s line, and we want to do the work
because
we readily find names that belong to somebody else, and that method of
work for
the dead is not permissible. It is all
right to help others do their work, if we do that with proper consent,
but each
family group is entitled to do the work for its particular line.
Joseph
Fielding Smith Jr, Doctrines of
Salvation, Vol 2, p 207-208
Elder
C. Max Caldwell,
Devotional Address, Genealogy and Family History Conference, 6 August
1998
"Although temple ordinances can be performed when only the minimum information is available, try to provide as much information about an ancestor as possible. More complete information identifies your ancestor uniquely so that he or she cannot be confused with another person. With less complete information, ordinances may be done more than once for the same person...Seek the guidance of the Spirit as you determine whether you should do the ordinance work for an ancestor now or try to find more information first."
A Members Guide to Temple and Family History Work, pgs. 10, 13
"As thou hast inclined the hearts of many...to search out their progenitors...bless them, we pray thee, in their labors, that they may not fall into errors in preparing their genealogies; and furthermore, we ask thee to open before them new avenues of information, and place in their hands the records of the past, that their work may not only be correct but complete also."
Dedicatory Prayer of Salt Lake Temple, Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, 340-41
"Because of the sacred nature of this work, members should be diligent in assuring the accuracy of all information submitted."
(from a letter, dated 16 June 1995 and
signed by the First Presidency, for all Church members):
“News
of the Church,” Ensign, Sept. 1995, 80