Finding John Tanner

Sometimes all the computer power in the world cannot help you find thefamily history records you are looking for. My Great-great-greatgrandfather, John Tanner, is a case in point. My research goal wasreally to look for John's great-great-grandfather, William Tanner. Butthe search for William eventually lead to direct information about JohnTanner's birth, dates that had been passed down for hundreds of yearsand had been the subject of a number of books. Unfortunately, not one ofthose traditional reports had any reference to a source for theinformation concerning John Tanner's birth.

Why John Tanner? He is noted as the first of the New England Tanner's tojoin The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As mentioned, hehas been the subject of a number of books and at least one movie. Therecently released movie relates his conversion to the LDS Church andsome few events of his life. See Christensen, T. C., Matthew D. Maddox,Shauna Thompson, Nathan Mitchell, and Michael A. Dunn. Treasure inheaven the John Tanner story. Orem, UT: Candlelight Media Group,200.

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