Temple Submissions

Many people doing temple work do not understand the process. The most important part is first doing thorough research to document individuals and their marriages and children with full names, dates, and correct places. The more this is done the less duplication will exist.
Next people have to understand names and research to check already completed work to avoid redoing work that is already done. Just using temple ready does not do this. Nor using temple update. Currently individual online International Genealogical Index (IGI) lookups are necessary, and/or using PAF Insight or other programs to assist. This doesn't completely solve the problem but also reduces duplicates.
A combination of all these plus analyzing properly individuals will help you determine if someones temple work has been done. As mentioned before, if the name isn't slightly right, or the date is wrong, or the place is wrong, the ordinance was still done and does not need to be repeated.
Another part of the process -
When done through temple ready the work has only been submitted. Once this file is processed at the temple ordinances will appear online as being cleared. If you are not printing the cards and doing the ordinances yourself but just submitting to the temple be prepared for ordinances taking years to complete.
Baptisms may be done more rapidly but endowments submitted for the temple to do can take years. Sealings even longer.
So next time you think about submitting names to the temple, you may want to rethink and have your family do them, otherwise they may still be waiting for someone to do them.
From the inside - James.