Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the “LDS Church”) can use Family Historian to record details of church ordinances and to perform other church-related tasks. It is this functionality that is enabled by checking the option to “Enable LDS Support”. This option is also available on the General tab of Preferences, and can be changed at any time. When this option is checked, details of LDS Church ordinances can be recorded within any Individual record – most commonly from the Facts tab of the Property Box. You can also view reports relating to LDS Church ordinances, and include information about them in books, diagrams, charts, queries, smart folders and generated websites.
LDS Church members who enable this functionality will also see an additional tab on the FamilySearch Workspace window labelled “Ordinances”, which is for viewing official FamilySearch ordinance information, syncing it back to Family Historian and performing church-related tasks.
To learn more about features relating to the LDS Church, please see the section “LDS Church Features” in the Family Historian User Manual (accessible from the Help menu within the program).
Anyone who is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is advised to leave the “Enable LDS Support” option unchecked.
Note: LDS support should not be confused with FamilySearch functionality. Anyone, church member or not, can use the FamilySearch website and the integrated FamilySearch functionality within Family Historian. There is no need to enable LDS support to use it.