The Ancestral Families of Michael Koder (1540-2011), 2nd Edition: In Search of Koders & Coders

The book details the ancestral lineage of Michel Koder of 1540 from Gaufelden-Tailfingen, Duchy of Württemberg in Germany and his 12 generations and 450 years of Koder/Coder descendents. It includes heraldry, family trees, name indexes, portrait and grave photos, and stories from these families. It contains 2000 individuals and 200 families that can trace their line to Michael Koder. The reader will follow a long trail of families, documents, and stories that reach from the Renaissance period of the 1500's, the Lutheran reformation and Duchy Wars of Germany, Immigration to America, the American Revolution, Civil War, the Gold Rush to the west, the Great Depression, World War I and II, and into the beginning of the 21st century.