Ron Tanner on new.familysearch.org

Who is Ron Tanner? Ron is a legit Chris-Farleyesque standup comedian who was asked to work at FAMILYSEARCH.org for the LDS church. He began his address by giving some fun facts about his Tanner lineage—my lineage. I looked up one of Ron's references and found this great article published in a 1979 Ensign entitled, The John Tanner Family.

Here are some defining moments in the Tanner Legacy:

In 1844, John Tanner was called on a political mission to "electioneer for Joseph [Smith] to be the next President" of the United States (see History of the Church, vol. 6, pp. 325 and 336). According to the Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 801, before John Tanner started on this "political mission," he went to "see the Prophet Joseph Smith, whom he met in the street. He held the Prophet's note for $2,000, loaned in 1835, to redeem the Kirtland Temple farm, and in the course of the conversation he handed the Prophet his note. The Prophet not understanding what he meant by it, asked what he would have him do with it, and Father Tanner replied: 'Brother Joseph, you are welcome to it.' The Prophet then laid his right hand heavily upon Father Tanner's shoulder and said: 'God bless you, Father Tanner, your children shall never beg bread.'... He went upon his mission, and was in the East when the Prophet and Patriarch were assassinated;..."

George S. Tanner, long-time Institute director at the University of Idaho and Tanner family historian, comments: “One of the chief traits of most Tanners is the desire to be where … the action is,” and quotes Iona Jackson, daughter of Joseph Smith Tanner, on a revealing bit of family lore: “Brigham Young once commented that when he had a tough job to be done, he tried to find a Tanner” (p. 13). Their record speaks for itself.

Ron goes on to remark on the recent changes he's been making to FamilySearch.org based on user feedback. All of the changes were chiefly influenced by the need to kill that old mental disability called Mytreeitus—The false mentality your PAF file is the one and only True and Living personal ancestry file for your lineage.

Can't we all just get along?! Yes, now we can thanks to you, Ron!

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