This document discusses understanding records and their purpose. It explains that the New FamilySearch (nFS) system compiles information from church, extraction, and patron submission records to create a collection for organizing individual records. Several questions are posed about what information might be found on specific records like birth records and why such records were created. The document stresses that nFS was made for submitting temple ordinance names of deceased individuals, not the living, and emphasizes the importance of collaboration and sealing complete families in temple work.

1. A record needs to be understood.
Why was it created?
What can be expected?

2.  nFS is a compiled record. It contains
information from primary and secondary
records
 Information from Church records have been
extracted into nFS
 Information from Church extraction records have
been entered into nFS
 Information from patron submissions to AF & PRF
have been added to nFS
 nFS is a collection of records that need
individuals to organize

3.  Where did the information come from?
 Who created the record?
 What was the purpose of the record ?
 How was the information obtained?

4.  Would you expect to see your spouse on your
birth record?
 What might you find on a birth record?
 What was the purpose for creating the record?
 Where would the information on a birth record
come from?

5.  New FamilySearch was made to simplify the
process of submitting names of the Deceased
for temple ordinances
 Not created for living information
 Collaboration
 To cooperate and help each other

6.  Is your life complete with only your birth
record?
 Why not?
 Can I quit with your marriage license?
 Why not?
 Can I quit with just my direct line ancestor? (I
don’t need his siblings, do I?)
 You mean we seal complete families?
 Can I run to the temple as soon as I find one
record?