Bananianiown

Hey guys, I just wanted to say that I am very appreciative of your comments and advice. Thank you for the help. @MarginOfError- I’ve done the first suggestion and they say that they don’t have them. They said that they were frankly surprised that I would be contacting them about it, since they apparently sent them in over two years ago. Suggestion three is bust since my dear parents can’t seem to find even that. The rest I will have to try and hope for the best. I did get my parents to get a copy of the IOS, and I am on it, but it doesn’t include a record number for any of the children. Just an original Confirmation date, of which mine is blank. So there goes that. @Uhura- No, I’ve never used another name other than the one I have and as far as I know, it’s spelled correctly. Thanks for the suggestion though. :) I was baptized in the 90’s, so is that considered the dark ages? Anyways, after I had posted this, I sat down and prayed about it (wouldn’t Brother Joseph be proud?) and it really gave me a better outlook on the situation. I was unhappy about it at first, seeing as I would have to redo everything and wait a year to get back into the Temple, but now it seems like such a great opportunity to start over fresh, especially coming from about a year of inactiveness. I’m glad to see that many of you have the same idea. In fact, I might just stop searching and just go for re-baptism. Once again, thank you all for your time and advice, it was really helpful.

Okay, so like the title says, my membership records are lost. Lost, as in my current ward has no records of my baptism or confirmation, not even my baby blessing. Nothing. And apparently neither did the the ward before this, though they were kind enough not to let me know (). That ward said they hadn't received them from the ward in Phoenix, where we moved from. (So that's three wards: one in Phoenix, two in my current town.) I asked if they had a copies somewhere, like maybe in Salt Lake or something and they said they didn't. And, as luck would have it, when I asked my parents if they had copies, they said that they did but don't know where they are. I couldn't believe that all records of my membership in the church are lost and that there aren't copies of these vital documents anywhere. And then I asked what I could do to fix the issue and they told me that I had to either find all these documents myself or get RE-BAPTIZED. As a CONVERT. So now I am no longer considered an "official" member of the church I was born and raised in and it's really bothering me. I'm only thankful that I have an understanding Bishop who still allows me to partake of the sacrament, but I'm not allowed any more than that, and I feel so left out. If any of you have any ideas on what else I can do, please tell me.