Backroads Posted June 20, 2011 Report Posted June 20, 2011 All right, I would like to go to the temple this weekend. Yes, I've been endowed for nearly 4 months. However, my temple recommend has my maiden name on it and even though my maiden name is still my legal name, the Church records don't have it that (and yes, I fully intend on getting around to changing my name and have no problem with it, I'm old-fashioned). But for the life of me I'm not sure how to have my name changed. I recall being told something about it redone in the same color of ink, but I"m sure not sure by whom. Quote
Jennarator Posted June 20, 2011 Report Posted June 20, 2011 I never changed mine until it expired and I got a new one. I don't know if things changed, but I didn't have an issue. It was about 12 years ago, tho.... Quote
applepansy Posted June 20, 2011 Report Posted June 20, 2011 To get your name changed you just need to see your bishop and stake pres. They can opt to do the interviews again (depending on how long its been) or they might just make out a new one. Quote
Backroads Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Posted June 20, 2011 I was just thinking about it because when I went to my SIL's sealing the temple worker said the name did need to be changed Quote
trubludru Posted June 20, 2011 Report Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) I actually just got sealed a couple of weeks ago. The temple worker that processed our marriage license etc, told my wife to just write in her new last name behind her maiden name on the recommend or wherever she could fit in nearby if there wasn't a lot of space on the name line. It needs to be changed/updated with the name that will be on church records because with the new system where they scan them in with the barcode on them it brings up your name from church records on the screen so it may throw the temple worker checking your recommend for a loop if the name on the screen and the name on the recommend don't match up. Otherwise I don't think it matters that much. There have been times where my recommend (although still current) was signed by the bishop of a ward and stake president of a stake I hadn't been in for like a year and half and the ward and stake listed on recommend were therefore not the ward or stake I was currently in, (I had moved two or three times since getting the recoomend) but that doesn't make the recommend invalid. I think they just want you to get your name correct on the recommend so there is no confusion or problems when they check your recommend at the temple. Edited June 20, 2011 by trubludru Quote
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