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In the words of Paul, the apostle:
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?  1 Corinthians 15:29

The LDS Church takes the commission seriously to do baptism and other saving ordinances for their deceased ancestors. 

This eagle project has 2 service opportunites:

1) find forgotten ordinances in your family tree 
2) find missing ancestors in your family tree

In both cases the service to the church is done by providing additional temple ordinances. These ordinances may be done by the family members or assigned to the temple for visiting temple workers.

Step 1: Become acquainted with your family tree

• Obtain a username and password at ldsaccount.lds.org (same one used at lds.org/church-calendar)
  
• Look at your family tree using createfan.com and usfamilytree.com using the "countries of origin" chart
• Become acquanted with your family tree at new.familysearch.org

• Check for duplicates
• reserve temple work or assign to the temple 
  
• Optional: search specifically for youth baptisms  temple.buildzion.com 

Option B: Search for Missing Ancestors

• Look at the createfan.com chart for any holes (missing ancestors)
• Use familysearch.org to check for new parental information for the known children
• Check for missing siblings of known ancestors by looking in census records at familysearch.org

Handouts available: buildzion.com/downloads/eagledocuments