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First, I recommend using your priesthood quorums. Get the Elders
and HPs to visit/call so you don't have to do all the legwork
yourself. You need to be clear about what information you want them
to collect or they'll typically report information like "yeah, they
still live there" instead of getting the missing phone numbers,
additional family members, birthdates, etc. Make sure they report
incorrect information as well, such as phone numbers that are no
longer valid.
Second, use the web. Use resources like www.whitepages.com. Again,
get the quorums to help with this.
Third, discuss the issue in PEC or ward council. Mention specific
people, see whether anyone knows the families in question. A lot of
times the primary will know about a family that no one else has
really had contact with.
You'll always have imperfect records. Even the best efforts will
leave some loose ends.
- Darryl
--- In ldsclerks at yahoogroups.com, "Jshawut" <JshawUT at ...> wrote:
>> All,
>> As a newly more rigorous membership clerk I've been faithfully
trying
> to track down missing information and missing people on the
records.
> I have really been spinning my wheels and trying to find
better/more
> efficient ways for greater success. What are some of the resources
> that you all use to help locate missing member information when it
> unknown. Is there a set of steps you all go through to find the
> issues of members:
>> With a phone number but no address
> With an address and no phone number
> With neither an address nor a phone number (before sending the
record
> back to CHQ as unknown)
>> I've had varied success, but as I looked out on the Wiki and the
> archives of the list I couldn't find a well-defined list (with
named
> resources) that would provide a clerk with a punch-list of to-do's
> before feeling good about sending the data on to CHQ. I intend to
> compile a list and get it added to the Wiki as well.
>> -John
>>
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