List of Official LDS Manuals Treating Family History Callings

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Administrative Guide for Family History Centers. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000). Created for local priesthood leaders to better understand their role in the administration of family history and temple operations, this pamphlet summarizes the establishment, services, priesthood support, staffing, equipment, finances, and access of Family History Centers. 4 pp.

------. Endowed from On High: Temple Preparation Seminar (Teacher's Manual). (Salt Lake City, Utah: The author, 1995). This guide motivates and prepares new members for the temple experience. 34 pp.

------. Family History Center Operations Guide: United States and Canada. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1998). This guide details Family History Centers, staff and hours, helping patrons, missionary efforts, equipment, publications and supplies, finances, donations, photocopying, and ordering microform records. It is by far the best official administrative guide available for family history operations. 66 pp.

------. A Guide to Research. 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City, Utah: The author, 1994). An excellent primer on genealogical research. 42 pp.

------. Melchizedek Priesthood Leadership Handbook. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1990). A guide to all responsibilities of Melchizedek priests, including a brief section on family history and temple work. 42 pp.

------. A Member's Guide to Temple and Family History Work: Ordinances and Covenants. (Salt Lake City, Utah: The author, 1993). This guide replaces Come unto Christ through Temple Ordinances and Covenants and Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances. It provides the doctrine behind temple ordinances, as well as an overview on how to do the work. 20 pp.

------. Providing Temple Ordinances for Our Ancestors: Guidelines for the Ward Family History Consultant. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1988). This guide contains the six discussions used by Ward Family History Consultants to motivate ward members to do family history and temple work. 14 pp.

------. Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances: Instructions for Family History Leaders. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1987). Although this guide was replaced by A Member's Guide to Temple and Family History Work, it contains an invaluable resource that its replacement omits; namely a question and answer section called "Additional Guidelines on Names Submission." This  answers twenty four questions about which ancestors can be cleared for temple ordinances. 14 pp.

------. Temple and Family History Leadership Handbook. (Salt Lake City, Utah: The author, 1992). This booklet covers the responsibilities of members, priesthood leaders, family history consultants, family record extractors, and missionaries, outlines the uses of LDS genealogical software, and touches on types of family history centers. 20 pp.

------. "Temple and Family History Work." In Prieshood and Auxiliary Leaders. Vol. 2 of Church Handbook of Instructions, 261-70. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1998). A general guide to doctrine, members' responsibilities, temple and family history classes, local leadership, extraction, Family History Centers, computer programs, and missionary activity within a local unit's family history and temple program. 9 pp.