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INTRODUCTION
These files contain a collection of Yoder family data which has
been assembled
over the last 14 years by the Yoder Newsletter (YNL, P O Box 594,Goshen,
IN
46527 for subscription information). A full set of this data may
be ordered on disk
from the YNL address. For content update, write Chris Yoder, 203
Lakeshire Rd,
Battle Creek, MI 49015 or email at cyoder@tds.net. These "Yoder
Archives" are also maintained on the Internet at the Yoder
Homepage and can be
viewed at:
"http://www.yodernewsletter.org/"
..there is also an ftp directory from which to copy all files,
either through the
Webpage or by anonymous ftp logon to "genealogy.org"
in directory
"/pub/genealogy/surnames/YODER" with subdirectory: "CENSUS"
for the
census information and sudirectory "YNL" for back issues
of the Yoder Newsletter.
Subdirectory "incoming" is open for uploading of files
by any user. If you do so,
please advise by email that this has been done.
We apologize in advance for any typographical errors in this work.
Please help us
correct and extend any of the information in these records.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES:
Dec. 1999, 2000 and 2001- Continued file updates based on submitted
information throughout the year.
The principal changes with the Nov-Jan.1998 updates are:
1) Listing of Elkhart County, In. Yoder probate records, thanks
to data collected by the Indiana GenWeb project.
2) Significant updates of data by Donald Honeywell in the
Melchior Yoder files and thanks to Anna Belle Emery and Herbert
Hoover Yoder of the Pennsylvania Mennonite Yoder families.
3) Accumulated updates since last spring for family
records in a wide array of family groups..
4) Yoder cemetery records from Logan County, Ohio
The principal changes with the spring 1998 updates are:
1) Addition of a generation of Yoder Family Groups throught all
family files...This includes families married and with a first
child by the time of
the 1900 census. We want to give a special thanks to Rachel Kreider
for
reviewing all of the Amish draft family sheets and for posting
extensive
additions throughout (with update of spousal cross-references).
2) New and Detailed files from Bruce Yetter on the Descendants
of Samuel Yetter of Columbia Co., Pa. (yet-1,2,3,and indx.doc).
3) Yoder extracts from Wayne County, Oh Cemeteries (thanks to
the help of Jackie Mitchell).(wayne-oh.doc)
4) New translations of German Yoder Notes by Karl Joder and
Ottmar Jotter (schwetz.doc, oleykarl.doc, st-joder.doc) translated
thanks
to Mr. Fred Haines.
5) Extension of Steffisburg, Switzerland Yoder data, thanks to
the
typing assistance of Ozzi Purdy.
WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICPATE IN EXPANDING THIS INFORMATION
THROUGH THE "YODER GUTENBERG PROJECT"!!!
The "Gutenberg Project", named after the first mass
printer of the Bible, is a
"cyberspace" project started by a professor at Illinois
Benedictine College. His goal is
to convert 10,000 of the most used classical works from paper
into "digital" form
(meaning to make them readable on a computer) by the year 2001.
The Yoder Newsletter intends to continue our efforts in data gathering
and
conversion. The "Yoder Data on Disk" represents a large
amount of information, but
it is only a fraction of what could be made available from our
files should we have
more volunteer help available to do the typing/ or scanning. In
order to expand these
Yoder files, the YNL is launching our own "Yoder Gutenberg
Project".... if you can
type, have a computer, and some available time WE ASK YOUR HELP
in this effort.
Contact Chris Yoder with your offer of assistance.
ABOUT THE DATA
A large portion of this information is about the Amish Yoder lines.
This
information has been collected from many sources,and hard copy
Yoder
Newletter Group Sheets were begun at the same time as the newsletter..
The monumental work by Rachel Kreider and Dr Hugh Gingerich
(AMISH AND AMISH MENNONITE GENEALOGIES, published in
1986 by Pequea Publishers, Gordonville, PA 17529) has been a particularly
valuable source. This work also sets the pattern for our numbering
system.
There are couple of points should be made about the files you
will see on these
disks.
Generally:
-Male lines only have been followed.
-Family groups generally have been carried forward to 1900 when
possible.
-We have only made a start in spelling out our references...we
do plan to
continue this over the space of further updates.
This compilation of Yoder family data has been copyrighted. It
may not be used for
resale or profit. Yoder Newsletter readers and researchers may
extract portions of
it for use in family histories of their own lines or related research
projects without
need to ask permission. When this is done, however, appropriate
credits should be
cited.
PURPOSE
Our purposes in presenting this information are several:
-We wish to share the bounty which we have collected over the
last 15 years
with the help of our readers.
-We wish to give more researchers wide access to Yoder related
family data so
family members can discover their roots.
-We wish to telescope our capabilities to collect family information
by enlisting
YOU in our efforts.
NUMBERING SYSTEM
Numbering System
Each of the original immigrants, who started a unique branch
of the Yoders in North America is assigned
a unique letter or letters. Example: the man who started the Amish
Yoder line and all his descendants
have a number that begins YR. Some other prefixes are YRB, YRC,YS,
CON, etc... for Yoder families
that descend from different immigrants. Each individual family
member has a unique number.This
number is made up in a standard structure. To reference the children
of the original immigrant, eg.. YR, a
digit is added. YR1 for the first child,YR2 for the second. Children
of YR2 are numbered YR21, YR22,
etc.. The digits 1-9 are followed, if needed, by a, b, c, etc...
to number each offspring of a particular
parent. The tenth child of YR22 would be YR22a. This system tells
which family we are referring to, how
many generations from the immigrant,and allows for easy movement
forward or backward in a list to
trace parents or offspring. A person living today will have a
reference number such as this: YR233746643. This tells us that
this person is 9 generations from the original immigrant (count
the digits), is the third child, of the fourth child, of the sixth
child (go through the list from right to left) of Levi D Yoder
(who is number YR233746).
CONTENTS
The following summarizes the contents of this material:
file
size
INTRODUCTION
1-README.DOC- This Introductory text
FAMILY GROUP INFORMATION (other than Amish)
ALSACE.DOC- Records from Alsace France
CHRONIK.DOC- Chronik der Familie Joder/Jotter- by Karl Joder and
Ottmar Jotter- European Research Notes
CONRAD.DOC- First segment on descendants of Conrad Yoder of North
Carolina.
CONRAD2.DOC- Second segment on Conrad Yoder descendants.
FRANCE.DOC- Family groups built from the Alsatian Research of
French genealogists Jean and Rene Huckel.
MELCHIOR.DOC- Melchior Yoder of Montgomery and Snyder Co, PA and
his known or suspected descendants
Expanded Melchior Yoder Data (Thanks to family researcher Donald
Honeywell):
M1-M23.DOC- Melchior's family through that of grandson George
D.
M24-M25.DOC- Familys of grandchildren Elizabeth and Jacob.
M26.DOC- Family of grandchild Daniel.
M27.DOC- Family of grandchild Joseph through end of known Melchior
lines.
MEL-UNK.DOC- Miscellaneous "Yoders" of the SW Pa line,
whose ancestry has yet to be tied in.
OLEYHAN1 & OLEYHAN2.DOC- The descendants of Hans Yoder, a
Reformed Church Yoder who settled in the Oley Valley, Berks Co., PA
OLEYYOST.DOC- The descendants of Yost Yoder, brother of Hans.
UNLINK1.DOC- This file contains miscellaneous Yoder families which
have not been tied to other major lines. This includes our "missing
links". HELP WANTED!
UNLINK2.DOC- The second file of miscellaneous families.
YB-HANS.DOC- The Descendants of Hans Joder of Great Swamp...the
progenitor of the MENNONITE Yoder line in the US.
YET-1,2,3,& INDX.DOC- The expanded Descendants of Samuel Yetter
of Columbia Co., Pa.
YT.DOC- Descendants of Samuel Yetter of Columbia Co., Pa. (c1760-4/8/1830)
FAMILY GROUP INFORMATION (AMISH YODERS)-
(Beginning ancestor, sequentially by number)
YR12- Widow Barbara family and that of her son Christian (c1722-1772
Berks Co,PA)
YR1256-Christian Yoder (1782-1869) family
YR14- "Strong" Jakob Yoder (c1726-1790) family
YR16- Michael Yoder (c1730-1799 Mifflin Co,PA) family
YR17- John Yoder (c1732-1804 Berks Co.,PA) family
YR23 - Immigrant Christian Yoder and his son "Schweitzer"
Christian Yoder family (c1728-1816 Somerset Co, PA)
YR2338- Solomon Yoder (1793- ) family
YR2344- Christian Yoder (1787-1867 SP) family
YR2349- Philip Yoder (1806-1868 MI) family
YR239- John Yoder (1772-1860 SP) family
YR25- John Yoder (1732-1813 Mifflin Co., PA) family
YR2517- Daniel Yoder (1792-1882) family
YR26- Yost Yoder (1734- ) family
YR2612- Christian Yoder (c1785-1854 HO) family
YR268- Christian Yoder (1778-1846 MP) family
YRB- Descendants of Yost Yoder Amish Immigrant
YRC-ALSN- Descendants of Samuel Joder and his children who came
to US, and of 19th century Alsatian Yoder immigrants
SPOUSAL INDEXES
Spousal Indexes (By last name of marriage partners) are presented
as follows
(Last letters of file name reflect alphabetical range):
YODERA-B.DOC
YODERC-G.DOC
YODERH-H.DOC
YODERI-K.DOC
YODERL-M.DOC
YODERN-R.DOC
YODERS-S.DOC
YODERT-Z.DOC
GENERAL COURTHOUSE AND AREA RECORDS
-----GENERAL RECORDS -PENNSYLVANIA YODER REORDS:
BPBYRSTN.DOC- Berks County, PA- Boyerstown Church & Cemetery
records
BPCRTHSE.DOC- Berks County, PA Courthouse Data- Letters of
Administration, Orphans Court Records, Deeds, Will Records
BPCRTHS2.DOC- Greater detail from Berks County files through 1884.
BPCRTHS3.DOC- Added Berks county files.
BPHILLCH.DOC- Berks County, PA- St. Joseph's (Hill Church) Records
BPRECDS1.DOC and BPRECDS2.DOC- Assorted Berks Co., PA records
from Pastors, Churches, cemeteries, marriages, births, deaths
as well as
Berks Co. Index of Real Estate.
BERSTAX.DOC- Yoder Extract from the Tax Index of Berks County,
PA...
1754-1768 by Hellenbach.
HOWERTER.DOC- Yoder records from the St. Jacob's or Howerter's
Lutheran and Reformed Church, Mahantongo Valley, PA.
LH-NHRCD.DOC- Records from Lehigh and Northampton Cos., PA
LPRECRDS.DOC- Pastor and Church Records from Lancaster County,
PA.
NTUM-SCH.DOC- cem., Courthouse, Pastor, birth, marriage &
death
records from Northumberland, Schuylkill & Columbia Cos., PA
OH-WILL.DOC- Will and related documents for Hans Yoder (OH).
OLEYCEM1.DOC- Yoder gravestone inscriptions from the Pleasantville
Union Church Cemetery (Original cemetery of the Oley Yoders)
OLEYANAL.DOC- Annals of the Oley Valley, by Bertolet- Yoder Chap.
OLEYFRAG.DOC- Fragments of the Past by Bertolet, Yoder Chap.
oleykarl.doc- Karl Joder notes on the Oley Yoders, translated
by
Fred Haines.
OH-SUR.DOC- Property survey of Hans Yoder (OH)
OY-WILL.DOC- Will for Yost Yoder (OY)
PA-PATNT.DOC- (Line width setting 131 characters-Not ASCII)
State Land Patent Information from PA Dept of Internal Affairs
PATAX.DOC- Early Yoder Pennsylvania Tax Records from the
Pennsylvania Archives Series.
PA-WARR.DOC- (Line width setting 130 characters-Not ASCII)
State land warrants from PA Dept of Internal Affairs
SP-CEMS.DOC- Yoders in the Cemeteries of Somerset Co., Pa based
on a Cemetery Search by Bob and Mary Closson of Apollo, Pa.
UNCRTHSE.DOC- Records from Union County, PA Court House
wayne-oh.doc- Yoder extracts from Wayne County, Oh Cemeteries
(thanks to
the help of Joyce Mitchell.
-----GENERAL RECORDS - EUROPEAN YODER RECORDS:
EPPSTEIN.DOC- German Joders/Jotters- descendants of Christian
Joder (b 1687) and Barbara Gerber from Steffisburg Switzerland
who went to Eppstein, Germany
RHNLAND.DOC- The Joder family which is listed in microfiche
records of the LDS as being in the Rheinland.
schwetz.doc- Notes on the emmigration of Joders from Schwetzingen
to the Oley valley, berks Co, Pa., translated by Fred Haines.
STFSBG.DOC - This file include a compilation of Joder family
groups constructed from the birth and marriage records of
Steffisburg, Switzerland between 1551 and 1871
STEFIS1.DOC- Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register
Vol 1-4 (from 1557 through 1701)
STEFIS2.DOC- Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register
Vol 5-7 (from 1701 through 1756) Marriages (1551-1756)
Deaths (1707-1727)
STEFIS3.DOC- Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register
from 1757 through 1814
STEFIS4.DOC- Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register
from 1815 through 1871
st-joder.doc- Notes on St. Joder, translated by Fred Haines.
SPFALZ.DOC- Descendants of Caspar Joder (b 1660 son of Jost
Joder and Anna Trachsel) and Verena Stauffer.
SWITZ.DOC- This record displays the Joder family lineage
developed and used by the late Karl Joder from his research in
Europe. It appeared in YNL #2
-----GENERAL RECORDS -OTHER STATES YODER RECORDS:
EILIRECS.DOC- Elkhart and LaGrange Co.,Indiana -Birth, Marriage,
and
Death Records for Elkhart Co, and Death and Early Marriage Records
for
LaGrange Co.
ELKHART2.doc- Index of Elhart County, Indiana Yoder probate records
IA-RECDS.DOC- IOWA RECORDS, including WPA & Other Cemetery
Records and Washington County Index of Death Records.
LO-CEM.DOC- Yoder records appearing in Logan County, Ohio Cemeteries.
MIAMI.DOC- Miami County, IN Death Records 1850-1920, and Howard
County,IN records.
MEDINA.DOC- Yoder County Records from Medina County, OH
(Mennonite Yoders)
PENSION.DOC- From the National Archives, we have copied the
index of all Yoders who have filed pension claims from the last
century to the early part of this one.
YODER CENSUS DATA (SEPARATE DIRECTORY)
We are continuing to increase the number of states and years
covered. Most complete
has been Pennsylvania and Ohio, thanks to the intensive efforts
by Dorothy Coffman, of
Malvern, Pa. We also want to thank William Johnson of Des Moines,
Iowa, and Keith
Yoder of Ft. Wayne, IN for their efforts to continue the growth
of these files. Any
reader having access to the US Census microfilm records is invited
to "adopt a state"
and help us with this expansion.
TEXT FROM YODER NEWSLETTER ISSUES (SEPARATE DIRECTORY)
Included are individual text files for each of the issues of
the Newsletter since
its first publication in 1983. Newly added is the "every
name index" which was
produced for use with the hardbound compilation of YNL issues
1-20. We'd like
to particularly thank Webmaster Donald Kauffman for scanning back
issues. His
action allowed us to make a full set available.
KEY FOR ABBREVIATIONS IN AMISH SECTION:
A number of geographic abbreviations have been used throughout
the Amish
Yoder section. These are as applied in the AAMG book. We have
tried to include
the major ones used here for your reference:
SW-Switzerland G- Germany
ILLINOIS (L or IL)
ML- McLean Co WL- Woodford Co
INDIANA (I or IN)
EI- Elkhart Co HI- Howard Co LI- LaGrange Co
MI- Miami Co NI- Noble Co
IOWA (J or IA)
JJ- Johnson Co WJ- Washington Co
KANSAS (K or KS)
RK- Reno Co VK- Harvey Co CK- Rice Co.
MISSOURI (Z or MO)
CZ- Cass Co
OHIO (O or OH)
CO- Champaign Co FO- Fulton Co HO- Holmes Co LO- Logan Co
SO- Stark Co TO- Tuscarawas Co WO- Wayne Co
PENNSYLVANIA (P or PA)
BP- Berks Co CP- Cambria Co EP- Centre Co
HP- Huntington Co JP- Juniata Co LP- Lancaster Co
MP- Mifflin Co NP- Lebanon Co SP- Somerset Co
TP- Chester Co WP- Lawrence Co
The following codes appear in the Amish section for added refernces:
DJH- Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler (1912)
DBH- Descendants of Barbara Hochstedler and Christian Stutzman
(1938)
CF/Fisher- Descendants of Christian Fisher (1972)
AAMG- Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies (1986)
HHH- Hertzler, Hartzler Family History
MFH- Mast family History (1911)
Cemetery listings such as "K-3" are from the book
"Cemetery Directory of the
Amish Community in Eastern Holmes and Adjoining Counties in Ohio"
by Leroy
Beachy (1975)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
It is impossible to thank all the people who have contributed
information to build
these records. We must, however, mention several folks whose work
has been of
greatest importance. For the Amish line: Rachel Kreider and her
collaborator, Dr.
Hugh Gingerich; for the Mennonite line: the late Richard Yothers
and the late Ken
Hottle; For the Oley Valley Line: Richard H Yoder, Helen V Yoder.
For the
German and Swiss lines: The late Karl Joder and his collaborator
Otmar Jotter;
For the Conrad Yoder line: the late Fred Yoder. For the Alsatian
lines: Edith
Joder. Last, but not least, no mention of Yoder census records
could be made
without citing the extensive work by Dorothy Yoder Coffman. Several
individuals
also deserve special acknowledgement for their contributions to
the new data
added in 1996.. Thanks to David Yoder of Evanston, Ill. who helped
type the
new generational data for the Oley and Mennonite Yoder lines.
Thanks to Carl
Yoders of Yardville,NJ and Donald Honeywell of Baltimore, Md for
their
research into the Melchior Yoder line--which includes the "Yoders"
line of
Southwestern Pennsylvania (shown under Melchior.doc). And thanks
to Bruce
S.Yetter for information on the Samuel Yetter family of Columbia
County,Pa.
Also included is extensive Pennsylvania information collected
by Richard H.
Yoder, Bechtelsville, PA : Patent, Warrant, Orphans Court, Court
House,
Cemetery and Church records. A WORD OF WARNING FROM RICHARD---
"It
is rare to find complete records of any older church since many
churches had part-
time ministers who served many churches and kept the records themselves".
We
have never-the-less done our best to avoid errors in transcription.
The Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth records were collected by the
late Karl Joder
and his fellow researcher Ottmar Jotter from the official birth
registry of the
village.
CONCLUSION
May you all use this material to good effect. We wish you happy
hunting and
request that you submit any additional information to the YNL.
Thanks.
Your Yoder Cousin,
Chris Yoder
Editor,YNL
Nov. 1998 (cyoder@tds.net)