Amish Families

Amish Yoder Lineages

The Yoder line in the United States, traced family by family. Each “YR” file is a compiled descendant register; many are also available as a PDF. Read the Introduction (YR1, YR2, YRB, YRC, YA) first.

• Introduction to Amish Families - YR1, YR2, YRB, YRC, YA - read this first Introduction
• Widow Barbara family and that of her son Christian YR12
• Christian Yoder (1782-1869) family+PDF YR1256
• "Strong" Jakob Yoder (c1726-1790) family+PDF YR14
• Michael Yoder (c1730-1799 Mifflin Co., PA) family+PDF YR16
• John Yoder (c1732-1804 Berks Co., PA) family+PDF YR17
• YR177 and YR17a Update by Ann Balderrama Amish Yoders who stayed in Berks Co, PA PDF YR17Update
• Christian Yoder & son "Sweitzer" Christian Yoder families+PDF YR23
• Solomon Yoder (1793 - ____) family YR2338
• Christian Yoder (1787-1867 SP) family YR2344
• Philip Yoder (1806-1868 MI) family+PDF YR2349
• John Yoder (1772-1860 SP) family YR239
• John Yoder (1732-1813 Mifflin Co., PA) family+PDF YR25
• Daniel Yoder (1792-1882) family YR2517
• Yost Yoder (1734-_____) family+PDF YR26
• Christian Yoder (c1785-1854 HO) family YR2612
• Christian Yoder (1778-1846 MP) family YR268
• Descendants of Yost Yoder Amish Immigrant YRB
• Descendants of Samuel Joder and his children who came to US Descendants of 19th century Alsatian Yoder imigrants. ( 2 files in one) YRC-ALSN

Johns Hopkins Index to Selected Amish Genealogies

Yoder extractions from the Johns Hopkins index to published Amish genealogies.

• Yoder Name Extractions — Part 1
• Yoder Name Extractions — Part 2
• Yoder Name Extractions — Part 3
• Yoder Name Extractions — Part 4
• Books List — the genealogies indexed

Oregon Yoders

“The Yoders of Yoder, Oregon, and Their Amish Mennonite Connections” — a three-part article from the Oregon Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society Newsletter (Vol. 15, No. 1, Feb. 2002).

• The Yoders of Yoder, Oregon, and Their Amish Mennonite Connections
• Part 2 — Bishop Jonathan Yoder Family: The Prairie Years
• Part 3 — Growing Up with Yoder and the Yoders

Other Amish Resources

• Ellis Island Yoders, extracted 2004
• Families married by 1920 — Amish line two-generation update PDF
• More families married by 1920 PDF
• Families married by 1920 — read the register on-page (HTML)
• Mennobits — Amish & Mennonite Obituaries 1864–1908, from Herald of Truth
• Mennobits — Yoder Obituaries 1905–1924, from Gospel Witness & Gospel Herald
• Mennobits — Maiden-Name Obituaries 1905–1924, from Gospel Witness & Gospel Herald
• Gary Yordy: The History of the Family of Peter Yordy (1815–1897) external