YODER NEWSLETTER

04/21/2026

The Library of Congress Blog writes in 2015 about the late Dr Don Yoder- frequent contributor of articles for the Yoder Newsletter and "discoverer" of several major Yoder family mysteries, see YNLs 5, 14, 57, 58 .

Did you ever wonder why U.S. government institutions like the Library of Congress use the word “folklife” rather than the more common “folklore?” Largely, we can thank the influence of Don Yoder, the eminent Pennsylvania folklorist, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 93. Long before the f...

04/20/2026

Hosting opportunities still available for 2026 House of Yoder season:

Be a Host at The House of Yoder

Would you like to spend a week or two in the beautiful hills of Garrett Co. MD? Volunteer hosts needed May to mid-October.

Live in apartment (at no cost to the host) that includes a full kitchenette, living area, sleeping area, and bath.
Open Yoder House for visitors from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday. Penn Alps restaurant provides
a 25% discount for one meal each day. Your hosting services provide you free living quarters in the cozy apartment.

Application forms and hosting information may be obtained by contacting Mayla Yoder at 814-267-3383 ET

In the Spruce Forest Artisan Village. Our physical (GPS) address is 10411 National Pike, Grantsville, MD 21536

04/20/2026

To see videos from
-The 2013 Reuben Yoder Reunion in Shirpshewana. IN (YR2337a)
-The 2017 National Yoder Reunion in Shipshewana, IN
visit and subscribe to the Youtube page at

https://www.youtube.com/

(some of these were once on the Yoder Newsletter FACEBOOK page but have now vanished- may have to reload them at some point)

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

04/17/2026

ATTENTION NON-SUBSCRIBERS- You can now read YNL issues 84 and 85 on-line at https://yodernewsletter.org/issues.html

YNL84 features-
-The Voyages of the Francis and Eliazabeth (1742 Amish came on it)
-The House of Yoder -25 Years and Counting
-Conrad Yoder 150th Birthday Celebration Anounced

YNL85 features
-America Revolution in NC- Conrad Yoder and his Neighbors
-A year celebrating Conrad Yoder
-Jacob Yoder (OH146) Bible Records Discovered

04/17/2026

Thanks to Larry Holderly- Detailed biographical information now posted on Samuel B Yoder (YR12732) has now been added to the Yoder newsletter website, see:

04/15/2026

Special Yoder Event in Kentucky- July 4-5th, 2026 and Collectable "America250" Yoder T Shirt.

Order Now!!!

Complete and mail in the registration/order form. Any questions ask Chris Yoder at 616-212-3443

03/28/2026

Another milestone reached…
Passing 2,000 followers on the YNL FACEBOOK page was one (now 2100), hitting the 23,000 mark of recorded visitors on the YNL web site was another. We are now pleased to announce that the 2,000th subscribing household was reached recently when Larry Holderly added his newsletter subscription. Larry is the great grandson of Nancy Yoder (YR127323) and great-great of Elizabeth Yoder (YR25125) and her husband Samuel S. Yoder (1816-1905) (YR12732).
He has provided some very detailed biographical information on Samuel S., which will be added to the YNL web site, and likely the FB site as well, but for now we are glad to be able to share a photo of Larry as well as a portrait of Samuel’s family.
Welcome aboard Larry, our subscriber number 2,000!!

03/13/2026

From YNL22...Hiram Yoder was the jury foreman when Tom Horn was convicted to be hung. YR235645- Hiram W (11/3/1864 Goshen,I-7/12/1925 Torrington,Wyo) m 1/8/1908 Alliance, Ne Ode Flower (11/3/1870 Oh- )

Hiram was to have a noteworthy acquaintance with "neck-tie" parties. Hiram ranched successfully in the Goshen Hole area (east of Wheatland, Wyoming).

"His claim to fame, however, is that he served as the foreman of the jury which convicted the infamous range detective Tom Horn, and sentenced him to hang. Tom Horn was the subject of a 1980 motion picture staring Steve McQueen.According to Joan Murra, of the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody Wyoming, Hiram's name pops up in most accounts of Tom Horn, and of the early ranchers in Wyoming. "

Thomas Horn Jr., (November 21, 1861 – November 20, 1903) was an American cowboy, scout, soldier, range detective, rodeo performer, and Pinkerton agent in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West. Believed to have committed 17 killings as a hired gunman throughout the West,[2] Horn...

03/11/2026

March 11, Johnny Appleseed Day

Read about his visits to the Oley Homestead of Hans Yoder (OH1)

https://yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL15.pdf

page 2

02/19/2026

Amish Yoder Line Treasures Donated for Display at the House of Yoder! Sue Rochelle Yoder Gunnarson (YR25122c151) of Hubert, OK brings a carload!

The House will open for the season on Monday 25, 2026 (which is Memorial Day ). They are always looking for new docents. If interested in details contact Mayla H. Yoder. 1210 Main St Apt 1
Berlin, PA 15530
814-267-3383. www.houseofyoder.org “

02/19/2026

The Rollcall Yoder FACEBOOK post was a "Best Seller"

See stats below

02/07/2026

Advanced BIG News Item from the Yet to be Published April 2026 Yoder Newsletter

State of the Art DNA Testing Supports our earlier hypothesis about Hans of Great Swamp's parentage!!!

as spelled out in Apr 2010 YNL

https://yodernewsletter.org/ynlpdf/YNL55.pdf