...Alas, I'm a straggler... I was born & raised in southeastern PA, not far from where our immigrant ancesters initially settled (if I had only known then). I'm now living in a Boston, MA suburb with my wife & 9 month old son. Went to school at RIT, Rochester, NY & am now a computer chip processing engineer, with hobbies of genealogy, bird watching, and photography (stereo). I esp. enjoy collecting copies of photos of my ancestry. My parents grew up in Conemaugh Twp, Somerset Co PA where much of my ancestry resided for generations before. Some of my surnames include YODER, EASH, THOMAS, BLOUGH, KAUFFMAN, GNAEGY, KINSINGER, JOHNS/SCHANTZ, MILLER, GINDLESPERGER. My direct Yoder line: 1)Christian Yoder (YR23) Jacob Yoder (YR234) m. Elizabeth Yoder (YRB2) [see next listing] Christian Yoder (YR2344) Herman Yoder (YR23449) Jonathan Yoder (YR234491) Ammon Yoder (YR234491b) m. Elda Kauffman Merle Yoder (YR234491b9) m. Janet Eash (ES127??5) Merle Yoder, Jr. (this is me) (YR234491b94) (b. 1966) Benjamin Yoder (YR234491b941) (the first of his American born Yoder line to be born outside of PA) 2) Yost Yoder (YRB) Elizabeth Yoder (YRB2) m. Jacob Yoder (YR234) This couple is my 4-G grandparents via my father (above) & my 6-G grandparents via my mother 3) widow Barbara Christian Yoder (YR12) John Yoder (YR125) Barbara Yoder (YR1251) m. John Yoder (YR239) (see line #4 for continuation) 4) Christian Yoder (YR2) Christian Yoder (YR23) m. w2 Barbara Hooley (HL22) John Yoder (YR239) m. Barbara Yoder (YR1251) Elizabeth Yoder (YR2399) m. Sem Kauffman(KF435) 5) Christian Yoder (YR2) Barbara Yoder (YR21) m. Stephen Kauffman (KF4) 6) Christian Yoder (YR2) Christian Yoder (YR23) Jacob Yoder (YR234) Christian Yoder (YR2344) Stephen Yoder (YR23441) Elizabeth Yoder (YR234412) m. Joseph Gindlesperger (GR4232) Merle Yoder, Jr. Norwood, MA merlejr@juno.com ==== YODER Mailing List ==== Volunteers wanted with Library Access--to copy Census and other Yoder data to add to our archives--write: Chris Yoder