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PAGE #4 - Yoder Guestbook Archived Messages - January 1, 2001 - May 14, 2001

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Name: Karen Crassi <ricochet@mail.localnet.com>
Date: 2001-05-02
Yoder ID# - granddaughter of YR2344b61
Main Search Areas YR23, also ancestry of Susanna Miller (DBH4944)
Comments:
My mother was the 10th child of Romanus J. Yoder. Also seeking info on great-grandmother Susanna Miller (DBH4944), and great-grandmother Barbara J. Yoder (DBH4933).
One conflicting bit of information I noted.... this site lists my grandmother, Emma Elvissie Kramer, as DBH4945. But other published information traces her ancestry back to John Hochstetler, brother to Barbara Hochstetler who married to Christian Stutzman:
Emma Kramer, daughter of: Daniel J. Kramer, son of: Johann J. Kramer of Germany, and Barbara Schwartzentruber, daughter of: Daniel Schwartzentruber, and Barbara Hochstetler, daughter of: Barbara Schrock, and Henry Hochstetler, son of: Catherine Hertzler, and John Hochstetler, brother to Barbara (Hochstetler) Stutzman, and son of Jacob Hochstetler.
And if that's not confusing, I don't know what is. :-)
This site has been very helpful. Until we found it, we really didn't have any information on my grandfather's side of the family, just grandmother's. Thanks for all the hard work you put in!

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Name: Marilyn Meador <mmeador@wf.net>
Date: 2001-04-28
Main Search Areas YEIDER
Comments:
Thank you for providing such a well-done, informative web page! I have looked for a long time for the trail of my g-g-grandfather, Jacob YEIDER, b. 8/23/1830 in PA. Finally, in information here, I have found his parents, John and Martha YEIDER, in the 1850 census for Lancaster Co PA, Conestoge Twp. If you have any further info on this family, I would appreciate knowing about it. Marilyn

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Name: Charlene Bright Veatch <veatch@treco.net>
Date: 2001-04-21
Main Search Areas BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
Comments:
MRS. ABRAHAM YODER OF COOPERSBURG, MILFORD TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PA. Looking for the connection with Mrs. Abraham Yoder (her first name is unknown) and Jesse Bright. An obituary for Jesse Bright( dob 12/20/1850 and dod 1/9/1883) states he was the nephew of Mrs. Abraham Yoder. Jesse Bright was the son of Jacob Bright and Nancy Bechtel. Jesse and his brother David (my great grandfather) were orphaned in approximately 1852 and were raised by relatives in Milford Township area. Any leads would be appreciated, please contact me directly.
Thank you, Charlene Bright Veatch Florida

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Name: Vicki Mae (Riedel) Graham <halfpint115@hotmail.com>
Date: 2001-04-15
Comments:
I am a descendent of the Widow Barbara Yoder thru Christian Yoder (YR12) thru Joseph Yoder (YR127) thru John Yoder (YR1273) thru Joseph Yoder (YR12735) thru Solomon K Yoder (YR127359) thru Florence Mae (Yoder) Fought thru Betty Lou (Fought) Riedel (my mother). Always searching for more information on the Yoder line. Would especially love to hear the stories that "flesh out the bones" of our common ancestors.

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Name: Michele Yoder Monse <mlmonse@hotmail.com>
Date: 2001-04-13
Yoder ID# - YR127224b64
Main Search Areas Charles F. Yoder YR127224
Comments:
I am wanting to make contact with anyone that is related or knows of anyone that is from the line of Charles Fisher Yoder and Emma Jane Leitner Yoder.
Thanks to everyone at the YNL for all you do!

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Name: George C. Watkins <gwatkins@tctwest.net>
Date: 2001-04-13
Yoder ID# - DBH 1501
Main Search Areas Direct Lineage
Comments:
This web site has been a very valueable asset in finding dates and names of persons who were not entered in DBH & DJH books. It is gratifying to know there are so many family members who are interested in our genealogy and give of their time and talents to preserve it. My thanks to all who are involved in this work.

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Name: Joel Yoder <jeyoder1@msn.com>
Date: 2001-04-08
Comments:
Sister sent me the link and thought I'd check out some Yoder heritage. Great-Grandfather was from eastern Pennsylvania. Very nice site.

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Name: Dawn Jefferson (Yoder) <DaileenJ@aol.com>
Date: 2001-04-08
Comments:
I have just begun my ancestry search. I am a great grandaughter of Eldon Yoder. He was from the Elkart Indiana area. My grandfather is Robert Eldon Yoder Sr., and my father is Robert E. Yoder Jr.. Anyone with information about my Yoder roots can contact me by e-mail...DaileenJ@aol.com

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Name: Greg Yoder <gregyoder@aol.com>
Date: 2001-04-06
Yoder ID# - I do not know
Comments:
Greg Yoder here...Thanks family for keeping track of my/our heritage. I am Gregory Adon Yoder, Son of Woodrow S. Yoder, Grandson of Adon A. Yoder, Great Grandson of Jacob Eschbauch Yoder..so I have been told. I have two sons Derek Dudley Yoder and Dustin Gregory Yoder. My business' are www.rsia.com and www.webagencies.com

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Name: Warren & Louise Simmons <wsimmons@Quik.com>
Date: 2001-04-04
Comments:
Stahly/Yoder connection. Henry Stahly and Jacob Stahly were brothers. We are descendants of Jacob Stahly. Most Yoders are related thru Henry Stahly, but we follow as many of the related tree branches as we can.

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Name: SUSAN YODER <SMY_MOM@YAHOO.COM>
Date: 2001-04-02
Comments:
Father is Lester M. Yoder, Grandfather is Melvin Yoder.

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Name: james carroll wilkerson <gina@simplynet.net>
Date: 2001-03-30
Comments:
Just found the site. I'm the great grandson of Harvey and Minnie Bell Yoder in Oklahoma.

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Name: David L Yoder <dyoder@tnaccess.com>
Date: 2001-03-28
Main Search Areas HANS YODER 1680
Comments:
THIS IS A GERAT PLACE TO LOOK FOR INFO AND EMAIL ADDRESS FOR OTHER YODERS. HAVE JUST STARTED ON TRACING THE FAMILY BACK, COULD USE ANY HELP THAT IS OUT THERE. FIRST QUESTION WHAT IS A YODER ID# AND WHO WERE THEY OBTAINED?

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Name: Del Punton <delcarol@inlandnet.com>
Date: 2001-03-27
Main Search Areas picture ID
Comments:
I have a picture of William Yoder with his wife Elva and children Alberta, Wilbur and Gordon ages 9 7 and 1. Can anyone help me get this picture to a descendant of this minister living in Morril Kansas in 1920. Thank you, Del Punton

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Name: Donald F. Yoder <dfyoder@wilmington.net>
Date: 2001-03-24
Comments:
Son of Oscar T. Yoder, La Grange, Wyoming

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Name: Sandra Younkman Risinger <SandraRisinger@aol.com>
Date: 2001-03-22
Main Search Areas Martha Mae Yoder/Chilcote
Comments:
My sisters and cousin would like to know anything about our grandfather, Homer Milton Chilcote, married to Martha Mae Yoder Chilcote. We know he was born a Johnson/Johnston? but adopted by a Dr. Chilcote. We've not been able to find anything else about him. Anyone knowing anything about our Johnson heratige, would you please share with us as our grandma Chilcote and our mother, Martha Jeanette, didn't share much, if they did know. thank you Sandra Younkman Risinger

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Name: Kimberly Yoder <aliendolphin@hotmail.com>
Date: 2001-03-21
Main Search Areas Yoder Family History
Comments:
I have to do a Senior Project for my school and I decided to lookd up my family tree. If anyone has anything on the Yoder and won't mind sharing with me, I would really like to have some information on "The Yoder". Thank You.

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Name: Meghan Yoder <meghanyoder13@hotmail.com>
Date: 2001-03-21
Comments:
I think it is really cool what you are doing, I am only 16 but I think it is neat to find out about you past familys to see where you really come from! Me and my dad Bill Yoder like to research these things. Well keep up the good work and thanks. Meghan and Bill Yoder

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Name: Welda Hartzler Ogle <wjho@fuse.net>
Date: 2001-03-16
Yoder ID# - HZ1575451, YR261
Comments:
Mary Yoder (YR261) married Joseph Hartzler, HZ157 (Jacob, John, David, Joseph, David Karl, Thomas Israel, Weldon, Welda Hartzler Ogle. March 16, 2001

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Name: Bill Yetter <nawhite@micron.net>
Date: 2001-03-13
Comments:
Hello, my name is Bill Yetter,son of Wayne,son of William,son of Tone or Antone who hailed from Kansas rumored also to be from Pennsylvania. Story goes he had a brother who moved west in late 1800's or early 1900's and became Mormon as I am now. Not much is known as someone back in the lineage committed suicide.Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanx, Bill Yetter

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Name: Gail A. Yoder <gyoder55ry@aol.com>
Date: 2001-03-06
Comments:
I was given a Yoder ID# but my cousin said it may not be correct. I will check with Richard Yoder from Boyertown and I live in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

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Name: Malissa <smburdick@juno.com>
Date: 2001-03-06
Comments:
I am looking for information on a Yoder ancestor, but I do not have much to go on. I am looking for Liza Yoder, married to William Adams. I think they lived in either McMinn County or Monroe County, Tennessee. I am a descendent of their daughter, Alice Adams, of McMinn or Monroe Co. TN.

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Name: Timothy Cole Yoder <yodertim@hotmail.com>
Date: 2001-03-05
Main Search Areas Okla.
Comments:
How do I get a I.D. number??

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Name: Gwyndoln (nee Hartzler) Diffenderfer <mawdee117@aol.com>
Date: 2001-03-05
Comments:
Stumbled in here looking for the Christian Yoder that married Magdalena Yoder parents of Barbara Yoder, the mother of Barbara Zook who married Joseph Hartzler. Trying to determine which one he is. One source lists his parents as Johannes Yoder and Catherine Lyster of Wayne Co., Ohio and while others list Yost Yoder of Pennsylvania. ????

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Name: Edgar (Bud) Yoder <epy@psu.edu>
Date: 2001-03-05
Comments:
Very impressive website. I am looking for information on a publication that traces the Yoder ancestors of Holmes County Ohio. I have heard that in recent years there has been a publication referred to as the Miller (Barbara??) decendants which includes Yoders in Holmes County.
I no longer live in Holmes County, but a note from a friend in State College, PA indicated there exists a Miller decendants publication. Any info would be appreciated.

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Name: Mr. Terry A. Yoder <Amishking8@aol.com>
Date: 2001-03-04
Yoder ID# - OH1338643212
Main Search Areas OH and Mahantango Valley
Comments:
Fantastic site. Looking to correspond with other Peter Yoder OH133 descendants.

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Name: RYAN AND DEBBIE YODER <RDYODER@MSN.COM>
Date: 2001-03-03
Main Search Areas PENNSYLVANIA (JOHNSTOWN, WESTERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES)
Comments:
RYAN YODER(27)IS ORIGINALLY FROM JOHNSTOWN,PA (CAMBRIA COUNTY) AND IS THE SON OF RALPH YODER(49), WHO'S THE SON OF FRANK YODER(DECEASED),WHO ARE ALSO FROM JOHNSTOWN,PA. I AM MARRIED TO DEBBIE YODER(SABO)AND AM CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALTOONA,PA (BLAIR COUNTY) WHERE I SERVE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. I HAVE A BROTHER, JASON(24) AND A SISTER, JAMIE(20) WHO RESIDE IN JOHNSTOWN,PA.

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Name: RYAN AND DEBBIE YODER <RDYODER@MSN.COM>
Date: 2001-03-03
Comments:
RYAN YODER(27)IS ORIGINALLY FROM JOHNSTOWN,PA (CAMBRIA COUNTY) AND IS THE SON OF RALPH YODER(49), WHO'S THE SON OF FRANK YODER(DECEASED),WHO ARE ALSO FROM JOHNSTOWN,PA. I AM MARRIED TO DEBBIE YODER(SABO)AND AM CURRENTLY RESIDING IN ALTOONA,PA (BLAIR COUNTY) WHERE I SERVE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. I HAVE A BROTHER, JASON(24) AND A SISTER, JAMIE(20) WHO RESIDE IN JOHNSTOWN,PA.

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Name: Tim Phil Yoder <tky@ligtel.com>
Date: 2001-02-21
Comments:
Hello

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Name: Dana Haning <ww1266@dragonbbs.com>
Date: 2001-02-17
Main Search Areas John Yoder
Comments:
My mother Shirley Yoder is looking for any information about her father John Yoder. He was married to her mother Marian Weaver. He remarried to Janet Yoder and had three children. They lost touch when she was a teenager he was then living in California.

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Name: Dana Haning <ww1266@dragonbbs.com>
Date: 2001-02-17
Main Search Areas John Yoder
Comments:
My mother Shirley Yoder is looking for any information about her father John Yoder.

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Name: Brian Yoder <yogi40@sssnet.com>
Date: 2001-02-16
Comments:
Nice page on Yoders.

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Name: Hephzibah Jimoh <topejimoh@yahoo.com>
Date: 2001-02-16
Main Search Areas yodersnewsletter.org
Comments:
I got the name of the man of God J. Otis yorder from my late sister's newsletter, she do subscribe for the newsletters when she was alive, so i came across the name and decided to check the web for it.
God bless.

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Name: deborah whims reed <reedreed2001.aol.com>
Date: 2001-02-08
Main Search Areas ohio
Comments:
sorry about the multiple entries-i'am new with the computer

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Name: deborah whims reed <reedreed2001.aol.com>
Date: 2001-02-08
Main Search Areas ohio
Comments:
i'am searching for any relatives of my paternal grandmother laura yoder,born in shansville?? ohio 7/10/1895 to clarence yoder and mary kaser. she married bazil lee whims 10/14/1909 in geauga county ohio. her last known residence was st. james, new york.

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Name: d e deborah reed <reedreed2001.aol.com dd>
Date: 2001-02-08
Main Search Areas ohio
Comments:
iam searching for relatives of my grandmother laura yoder born 7/10/1895 to clarence yoder & mary kaser in shansville?? ohio. married bazil lee whims 10/14/1909 in geauga county ohio,they had four children. i'am beginning a family search. her last known address was in st.james new york/deborah whims reed place ofd deathr. they had 4 childrenjxdece

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Name: d e deborah reed <reedreed2001.aol.com dd>
Date: 2001-02-08
Main Search Areas ohio
Comments:
iam searching for relatives of my grandmother laura yoder born 7/10/1895 to clarence yoder & mary kaser in shansville?? ohio. married bazil lee whims 10/14/1909 in geauga county ohio,they had four children. i'am beginning a family search. her last known address was in st.james new york/deborah whims reed place ofd deathr. they had 4 childrenjxdece

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Name: d e deborah reed <reedreed2001.aol.com dd>
Date: 2001-02-08
Main Search Areas ohio
Comments:
iam searching for relatives of my grandmother laura yoder born 7/10/1895 to clarence yoder & mary kaser in shansville?? ohio. married bazil lee whims 10/14/1909 in geauga county ohio,they had four children. i'am beginning a family search. her last known address was in st.james new york/deborah whims reed place ofd deathr. they had 4 childrenjxdece

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Name: Eherman L.Yoder Jr. <butch599@sunlink.net>
Date: 2001-01-31
Comments:
Hi my name is Butch Yoder I live at RD2 BOX633 Shamokin,Pa. 17872. I`m doing my Famtly Tree from the Shamokin area.

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Name: Janice F. Smith <aaf@alltel.net>
Date: 2001-01-31
Main Search Areas Berks Co. Pa
Comments:
Mary Yoder married Jacob Smith/Schmidt of Earl township abt 1810. Mary bd abt 1792 Need her parents and Jacob's parents They had 7 children, Isaac Smith born abt 1815, Lizzie, Susanna, John,Jacob, Mary and Abraham.

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Name: Eherman L. Yoder Jr. <butch599@sunlink.net>
Date: 2001-01-31
Comments:
Hi my name is Butch Yoder and I live at RD2 BOX633 Shamokin,Pa. 17872 I'm doing my FamilyTree and you have been very helpful Thank You Eherman L. Yoder Jr. Butch

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Name: Eherman L. Yoder Jr. <butch599@sunlink.net>
Date: 2001-01-31
Comments:
Hi my name is Butch Yoder and I live at RD2 BOX633 Shamokin,Pa. 17872 I'm doing my FamilyTree and you have been very helpful Thank You Eherman L. Yoder Jr. Butch

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Name: JANELLE DONALDSON <JDAVIDSON@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 2001-01-30
Yoder ID# - JANELLE
Comments:
gREAT BOOK

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Name: Earl & Myrna Herzog <mdherzog@prodigy.net>
Date: 2001-01-28
Main Search Areas Berks County, PA
Comments:
Frederick D. Yoder was Earl's grandfather.

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Name: BRIAN LEE YODER <BRIANY420@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 2001-01-28
Comments:
YODER'S ...GOTTA LOVE THEM... THIS YODER IS 25 NOW AND LIVES IN LOCKPORT NEWYORK OUTSIDE OF BUFFALO... MY FATHER JERRY L. YODER LIVED IN PERU INDIANA SON OF DALE M. YODER ALSO FROM INDIANA ( MY GRAND FATHER) NO LONGER W/US . WE LIVE IN NEW YORK MY FATHER HAD THREE SONS DALE MITCHEAL YODER ==37 KEVIN EMERSON YODER == 31 BRIAN LEE YODER(ME) == 25 BEFORE US HE MARRIED BETTY OWENS NOW BETTY MAY YODER. 45 YEARS AGO AND STILL GOING STRONG EST. JUNE 2 1956 ...GOD LOVE THEM WELL THERE YOU HAVE IT ... THE YODER'S IN A NUT SHELL............THANKS

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Name: James w. Yetter <jmyetter@earthlink.net>
Date: 2001-01-22
Comments:
???????

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Name: Chris Yoder-YNL <cyoder@mail.tds.net>
Date: 2001-01-21
Yoder ID# - YR2337a+
Main Search Areas all
Comments:
Thanks for posting your info! J&P could be Joseph Yoder and Polly Robinson. They were married in Summit Co, but were in Illinois as of the 1850 census. They would match to the initials for Hannah's parents, and their Sarah matches the age of the one in the 1860 census, but this would mean they returned to Oh from Illinois. If it's them, I'd assume they died and orphanes Sarah.
Any more clues?

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Name: Charlie Deutsch <cgdeu@yahoo.com>
Date: 2001-01-18
Comments:
Sarah Yoter (1860 Fed. Census for Summit County, Ohio, page 190, dwelling #1586, Boston Twp) married Kendrick Chamberlin July 20, 1867 in Summit County, Ohio. Sarah is buried in Lot 179, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peninsula, Ohio. I have not found any children of this marriage.
The Chamberlin (Everett) Cemetery in Everett, Ohio has: YODER, Hannah, dau of J. & P. d 27 Jan 1853 aged 18 mos.

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Name: Angela Abel <AngelaDAbel@aol.com>
Date: 2001-01-15
Main Search Areas Greene Co.(for now)
Comments:
I'm happy to have found this site. My father's father was Robert Abel, son of Charles Phillip Abel and Ila May Yoders. Charles was son of Theodore Martin Abel and Emma Mae Fisher, (d. of Josiah Fisher). Ila May was d. of James Elmer Yoders and Nealie Iota Keller(d.of William H. and Julia Grill Keller). James Elmer was s. of William Yoders and Nancy Adams. Ila May had a sister Nelva m. Francis Everhart. James and Nealie are buried in McMechen cemetery, McMechen, WV. but James was born in Greene Co.(17 April 1877) and his parents were born in PA. I don't have much other info yet.

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Name: Henry Grunder <grouch@widomaker.com>
Date: 2001-01-15
Yoder ID# - keine
Comments:
I was led here by a search of Steffisburg. My GERBER ancestors, from Schwarzwnegg/Rothenbach im Emmenthal, were many of them married in Steffisburg. About 10 yrs ago, I rode the SBB down to Thun from Bern, walked up through Steffisburg, & out to the farm where my GGFather lived before emigrating - "Nachstenacher." Delbert Graff helped me find it. And naturally, being from Wayne Co., OH, I know the name "Yoder."
Adie!

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Name: David Guy Yoder II <davsan@prairie.lakes.com>
Date: 2001-01-14
Yoder ID# - YR2345712111 my guess
Main Search Areas all
Comments:
MY GREAT GRANFATHER WAS DAVID YODER YR2345712,WIFE EMMA.HIS SON WAS JOHN E. YODER 1906-1972,WIFE ETHEL GRIFFITH, STILL LIVING 1911.HIS SON IS DAVID GUY YODER 1934-PRESENT,WIFE SALLIE MISHLER 1936-PRESENT.THEN ME, DAVID GUY YODER II 1961-PRESENT, WIFE SANDRA DAVIDSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION. MY SISTER BARBARA 1953 TO PRESENT, MARRIED TONI SCHERER OF GERMANY

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Name: David Guy Yoder II <davsan@prairie.lakes.com>
Date: 2001-01-14
Yoder ID# - YR2345712111
Main Search Areas all
Comments:
I HAVE NEW INFORMATION FOR YOU IF YOU LIKE,I AM ONE OF THE "SOAP HOLLOW" YODERS

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Name: Orville R Stutzman <orstutz@southwind.net>
Date: 2001-01-14
Yoder ID# - unknown
Main Search Areas Barbara Hochstetler-Christian Stutzman
Comments:
I am a descendant of Barbara Hochstetler-Christian Stutzman and have long wanted to get more information on the connection between our family and the larger Stutzman family. I have names, starting with my father, Fred Stutzman, his father Silas Stutzman, his father Samuel Stutzman, and his father Joseph Stutzman, who lived in the St Joseph Michigan area.

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Name: Kathryn Bauer Klein <kleinkg@voicenet.com>
Date: 2001-01-10
Yoder ID# - OH14521nnnn
Main Search Areas Oley
Comments:
You must know that your site is fantastic for Yoder researchers! My G-G-G Grandmother was the first child of Isaac Yoder and his first wife Elizabeth Schall. Isaac and his second wife, Lydia Schall Hunter (Elizabeth's sister), appear to have been less that loving to Hannah and her siblings and I hope to find an Oley "cousin" with some Isaac anecdotes. Thank you for all your efforts and the efforts of you Newsleter associates.

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