I'm thoroughly enjoying reading everyone's postings! (Thanks, again, Chris!) In response to Ginseng's Q: I'm located in Salem, Oregon. Not too far from the little community of Yoder, Oregon - so named for my GG-grandfather (Jonathan S. Yoder - YR12a331) who settled there in the late 1880s from Dade County, Missouri. He, his wife, and 9 children traveled in an immigrant train to Oregon and, among other things, brought along the parts to a sawmill. The sawmill is still in operation today, although it has burned down and been rebuilt several times! Jonathan's grandsons and g-grandsons operate it. Along with the sawmill, Yoder, Oregon can boast of a small general store (Yoder Store), a garage (Yoder Garage) (not too creative with naming things, were they?!), and a church (Smyrna Church). It's a beautiful place, in the fertile Willamette Valley of Oregon - about 50 miles directly south of Portland, Oregon. Best wishes to all my Yoder cousins out there, Jacki Yoder jacki.k.yoder@state.or.us >>> rfc-822 ginseng(a)sssnet.com 10/24/97 05:46am >>> > I'll be more brief: NO NO don't be brief. We finally have people posting :) Since the roll call went so well, I'd like to ask where all our Yoder cousins Where are you located? I'm located in Canton, Stark Co, Oh. I was raised near Beach City. Beach City is on the southwest edge of Stark County. Within 2 to 4 miles you would be in Holmes, Tuscarawas, or Wayne County. Holmes Co has or had quite a few Yoder's. (I was thrilled when I first found Chris' Yoder info!) Which brings me to sources... The Yoder, Summers, Deardorff, Kerr lines are the only ones to live first in Pennsylvania. I've not researched there because I'm not there. Most of my info in Pa comes from others. All my other greats-grands came directly to one of the four counties mentioned above. So I have been looking at these counties records on microfilm at the county seats. The Stark Co library (in Canton) has a great genealogy section. Nicholas Yoder and John Summers came to Ohio in the early 1800's. I would have to look to see if Christian C and Christina Y were married here or there. I do remember Mom relating that Christina moved here in covered wagons in two weeks. They had hidden gold in apple butter crocks that sat in the front yard for a couple of weeks. Cousin Eric was here this summer from Australia and we looked up the graves of Nicholas Yoder. But that tale deserves a post of its own... Ginseng ==== YODER Mailing List ==== Haven't found a post of interest? Why not generate one of your own?