Many people are fascinated by the Amish community. The reason it appears that Amish people are stuck in the past is not that ...

Titled “Disrupting History,” it brought together scholars, former Amish church members and others who have left closed religious sects. “I couldn’t in my wildest dreams have hoped for a more impactful ...

In the mid-1700s, Amish families fleeing persecution in Europe settled in what is now Berks and Lancaster counties. The Amish in Berks County were known as the Northkill settlement, named after the ...

Geauga senior citizens are invited Feb. 26 to hear a presentation on the history of the Amish, presented by John Gingerich of the Geauga Amish Historical Library. The program will take place at 10:30 ...

HARMONY, MINN. – Eddie Swartzentruber’s childhood growing up in Minnesota’s Driftless Area was different than many of his “worldly” neighbors. There was no TV or video games — or even electricity, for ...

Jaclyn Shaw learned about the traditionalist lifestyle when she moved from California to a rural town in Northern Indiana Jaclyn Shaw learned all about the Amish tradition when she moved from ...

An aerial view shows the scope of the effort to relocate a nearly 150-year-old barn from a Douglas County farm to the Illinois Amish Heritage Center campus in the heart of Amish country, between ...