Records
Courthouse & Area Records
Wills, deeds, tax and warrant lists, orphans'-court, church and cemetery records for Yoder families — gathered from courthouses and archives in Pennsylvania, other states, and the family's European homelands.
Pennsylvania Records
- new November, 2003 — Schuylkill County Data Collected by Donald Reed — Yoder Obituaries in D Reed's file not listed in Yoder newsletter info — Yoder Burial Records not included in the Descendants of Hans Yoder — Schuylkill County Court House Records of Death 1893 — 1905
SCHCO.DOC - Berks County, PA — Boyerstown Church & Cemetery records
BPBYRSTN.DOC - Berks County, PA Courthouse Data — Letters of Administration, Orphans Court Records, Deeds, Will Records
BPCRTHSE.DOC - Greater detail from Berks County files through 1884
BPCRTHS2.DOC - Added Berks County files
BPCRTHS3.DOC - Berks County, PA — St. Joseph's (Hill Church) Records
BPHILLCH.DOC - (2 FILES) Assorted Berks Co., PA records from Pastors, Churches, cemeteries, marriages, births, deaths as well as Berks Co. Index of Real Estate
BPRECDS1.DOC - (2 FILES) Assorted Berks Co., PA records from Pastors, Churches, cemeteries, marriages, births, deaths as well as Berks Co. Index of Real Estate
BPRECDS2.DOC - Yoder Extract from the Tax Index of Berks County, PA. — 1754 — 1768 by Hellenbach
BERKS TAX RCRDS - Yoder records from the St. Jacob's or Howerter's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Mahantongo Valley, PA
HOWERTER.DOC - Records from Lehigh and Northampton Cos., PA
LH-NHRCD.DOC - Pastor and Church Records from Lancaster County, PA
LANCCh.DOC - Cemetary, Courthouse, Pastor, birth, marriage & death records from Northumberland, Schuylkill & Columbia Cos., PA
NTUM-SCH.DOC - Karl Joder notes on the Oley Yoders, translated by Fred Haines
OLEYKARL.DOC - Yoder gravestone inscriptions from the Pleasantville Union Church Cemetery (Original cemetery of the Oley Yoders)
OLEYCEM1.DOC - Annals of the Oley Valley, by Bertolet — Yoder Chap
OLEYANAL.DOC - Fragments of the Past by Bertolet, Yoder Chap
OLEYFRAG.DOC - Will for Yost Yoder (OY)
OY-WILL.DOC - State Land Patent Information from PA Dept of Internal Affairs
PA-PATNT.DOC - Early Yoder tax records from the Pennsylvania Archives Series
PA.TAX RECORDS - State land warrants from PA Dept of Internal Affairs
PA-WARR.DOC - Yoders in the cemetaries of Somerset Co., PA based on a cemetary search by Bob and Mary Closson of Apollo, PA
SP-CEMETARIES - Records from Union County, PA Court House
UNCRTHSE.DOC - Pennsylvania German Marriages
bpmar.doc
Other States Records
- Marriage and Other Illinois Records from the State Archives (Illinois)
IL-RECDS.DOC - Yother Marriage Records from Dawson Co, Ga. (Georgia)
GA-MISC.DOC - Excerpts from the California Death Index for Yoders and the like — 1905 — 1994 (California)
CAL-RECS.DOC - Yoders in Williams Co., Ohio: birth, death, marriage and cemetery records. (OHIO)
WILLIAMS.DOC - Excerpts from the Leetonia Reporter. Leetonia,OH ( OHIO)
LEETONIA.DOC - Yoder records appearing in Logan County, Ohio Cemeteries ( OHIO )
LO-CEM.DOC - Yoder extracts from Wayne County, Ohio cemetaries (Thanks to the help of Joyce Mitchell) ( OHIO )
WAYNE-OH.DOC - Will and related documents for HANS YODER ( OHIO )
OH-WILL.DOC - Property Survey of Hans Yoder ( OHIO )
OH- SUR.DOC - Yoder County Records from Medina, Ohio. (Mennonite Yoders) ( OHIO )
MEDINA.DOC - WPA & Other Cemetery Records / Washington County Index of Death Records ( IOWA )
IOWA RECORDS - Death, wills, and marriage records — 1843 — 1920 ( INDIANA )
MIAMI CO. INDIANA - Elkhart and LaGrange Co.,Indiana — Birth, Marriage, and Death Records for Elkhart Co, and Death and Early Marriage Records for LaGrange Co (2 PARTS) ( INDIANA )
EILIRECS.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. ( NATIONAL ARCHIVES — USA )
PENSION.DOC
European Records
- Chronik der Familie Joder/Jotter — by Karl Joder and Ottmar Jotter — European Reasearch Notes
CHRONIK.DOC - Anabaptists of Weiler, Germanshof and Langenberg PDF
- Death Register of Steiffisburg, Switzerland 1728-1792
- Muri, Bern, Switzerland, birth/christenings 1603 — 1662, than 1663 — 1717, all JODER/YODER entries FHL film # 2005608; Marriage Register, Muri, Switzerland, years 1597 — 1650, gap from 1650 — 1663
MuriEarlyRecords.doc - Records from the Evangelical Church, Muri near Bern, LDS Microfilm number 2005608. Birth/Christenings 1603 — 1662, then 1663 — 1717. Marriages 1597 — 1650, gap from 1650 — 1663 — Script proofed Oct. 2004 by Marion Wolfert, professional genealogist, Salt Lake City, Ut. This attempt to assemble family groups based on MURI christening records was made by Chris Yoder, Yoder Newsletter, 2004)
MuriFamilyGroups.do - Records from the Evangelical Church, Muri near Bern LDS Microfilm number 2005608 — Script proofed Oct. 2004 by Marion Wolfert, professional genealogist, Salt Lake City, Ut. Birth Register 1680 — 1750 and Marriages 1679 — 1703
Muri.do - THE 1798 Joder Census for CANTON BERN, SWITZERLAND
BERNCENS.DOC - Notes on the immigration of Joders from Schwetzingen to the Oley Valley, Berks Co., PA., translated by Fred Haines
SCHWETZ.DOC - Notes on St. Joder and anniversary stamp, translated by Fred Haines
ST.JODER.DOC - German Joders/Jotters — descendants of Christian Joder (b 1687) and Barbara Gerber from Steffisburg Switzerland who went to Eppstein, Germany
EPPSTEIN.DOC - Family groups built from the Alsatian Research of French genealogists Jean and Rene Huckel
FRANCE.DOC - Yoders of Hecken, France (added here June, 2006)
HECKEN.DOC - The Joder family which is listed in microfiche records of the LDS as being in the Rheinland
RHNLAND.DOC - This file include a compilation of Joder family groups constructed from the birth and marriage records of Steffisburg, Switzerland between 1551 and 1871
STFSBG.DOC - Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register Vol 1 — 4 (from 1557 through 1701)
STEFIS1.DOC - Yoders from Steffisburg, Switzerland Birth Register Vol 5 — 7 (from 1701 through 1756) Marriages (1551 — 1756) Deaths (1707 — 1727)
STEFIS2.DOC - Steffisburg, Switzerland — Records from 1757 to 1814
STEFIS3.DOC - Steffisburg, Switzerland — Records From 1815 to 1871
STEFIS4.DOC - Descendants of Caspar Joder (b 1660 son of Jost Joder and Anna Trachsel) and Verena Stauffer
SPFALZ.DOC - Joder Contract files from Thun, English/German
JODER CONTRACT FILES - 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
SWITZ.DOC
FamilySearch Records (2023)
The spreadsheet attached was downloaded from the Family Search web site. Due to many transcription issues with the old German, we have found that this extract should not be considered complete. The hot links shown for each record takes you into the appropriate page of original Swizz records.
Transcribed and compiled by volunteers of the Yoder Newsletter, preserving original spelling. If you can correct or extend a record, please get in touch.