Christian Yoder Sr. and his son, Christian Yoder Jr. (1726-1816), Amish Mennonites, immigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia in 1742, and settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania. John T. Yoder (1840-1922)--a direct descendant in the sixth generation--moved with his parents from Somerset County, Pennsylvania to LaGrange County, Indiana, and married Anna Bontrager in 1863. After several moves in Indiana and Mississippi, the family settled in Thomas, Oklahoma in 1904. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Idaho, Kentucky, Washington, Canada and elsewhere.

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Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.

This "work is organized by subject. Materials are grouped under twelve main sections in the body of the work, with appropriate subdivisions and subtopics within each main subject. Each section is assigned a two-letter designation, and entries are numbered consecutively within each section. This subject code system was designed to facilitate referals from the Index to the main body of the text, and to allow for cross-referencing between sections."--Introduction.