What does sealing mean?
(This question comes from a person who did genealogy work at an LDS-sponsored Family History Center and noted that the LDS records for an ancestor said that the person has been “sealed” and that information had come from the “extraction program.”) “Sealing” means that a vicarious or proxy temple marriage ceremony was performed in their behalf to give them the opportunity to be together as a family in the eternities, if they wish to accept the temple blessings of the Gospel. We wish to extend the opportunity to accept these blessings to every person who has lived. This is part of the motivation for the tremendous genealogy program of the Church. Typically, direct descendants of a deceased family will arrange to have temple work done for them, but work is also done for others for whom we have records. The necessary information is “extracted” from civic or historical records and sent to the temple to enable vicarious temple work – including baptism – to be performed. The work has validity
