Temple Ordinance Cards

I'm not sure how old these cards are, but at one point decades ago, if you wanted to do temple ordinances for your family, apparently you had to mail in a request, and you got a response that looked like the above.

1987

The instructions given in this booklet published in 1987 included filling out a pedigree chart, family group records, checking boxes (do the work yourself, or have the temple find proxies) and mailing those to Salt Lake City at least two months before you wanted to attend the temple to allow time to receive the proper notification and ordinance cards.

1993

Then personal computers became more common and the instructions in the 1993 guide tell you to use the TempleReady software program (usually found at a family history library) to create a diskette to mail to the temple. This was supposed to help prevent duplicate ordinances. Who remembers floppy disks? 

2009

Do you remember when the family ordinance cards came in different colors? Blue for males, pink for females, and yellow for couple sealings. During this time, the cards were printed at the temple. Now that the internet and home computers are more common we print the cards at home, using white paper.

2011

I think this is the latest guide/handbook, and it's over a decade old! Of course, all instructions can be found online now - either at familysearch.org or the Church's handbook.

2019

Doing temple work for our ancestors is great, but it's even more meaningful as you go beyond just names and dates and learn their stories. The My Family guidebook makes it easy to record that information. However, you'll have to do some research to find the stories!