 Margaret_R._Yocom  Dem bon am for Pottstown, Pennsylvania,United States. Na shi old pass among Betty Keek an Norman Davidheiser Yocom.Shi first difelop e intrest for folklore for Pennsylvania Stet Yunifasiti as shi dey stodi InglishBA,1970 Shi kom go Yunifasiti of Massachusetts Amherst wia shi komplit di stodi an kom get M.A for Inglish an den e get PhD for Inglish 1980 an shi put all e mind for folklore. As e dey for U Mass, shi rait abaut Im famili folklore.Shi wok wit som of dem from usePennsylvania, Germany, Swiss an Danish famili memba dem.Shi stil join-bodi wit oda folklore famili dem like Steve Zeitlon,Karen Baldwin,an Marilyn White. Yocom wok wit pipul tek difelop di niu ethnographic  type of stodi. As e rimen smol mek e finish wetin shi dey stodi for skul,shi stat to dey wok wit Smithsonian Institutions Festival of American Folklore,shi kom dey wok as field risash Kodineto for di 1976 Bicentennial FestivalNa shi bi prisenta for all di festival wey dem do until 1988,wen shi stat wok for summer for Maine. 