If you caught my post from July, you already know which state I’m talking about. Amish now have a presence in a 32nd state, which I discuss in this short video. If you’d rather read about it, you can do that here. Funny enough, I happened to find myself just a few miles away from this new community last year, but did not realize it at the time. Runtime: 3:29.
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Day 6 since Linda Stoltzfoos was last seen. Readers have been asking for updates on the situation. So I’ll share the freshest reporting on it. These points are taken from an article yesterday at Lancaster Online: Authorities have gotten hundreds of tips. Many are vague, but they are processed to see if patterns develop East Lampeter Police are “winding up their involvement in leading the…
Every now and again the Amish make news for a genetic study that may hold solutions to health problems that plague the general population. This latest one just reported today concerns heart health. The story from Inverse: The Amish of Lancaster County are an example of a “founder population,” an isolated population of people who are all relatively similar in terms of their genes, meaning…
The latest edition of the Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies was recently released. It can be viewed in full here. This open source journal features academic articles on the Amish, Old Order Mennonites and other Plain Anabaptist groups, and also contains regular book reviews. This is the seventh issue since the journal debuted in 2013. All previous issues can be found here and are available online for…
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A couple of heart-breaking stories this week. An 11-month-old Amish baby died (article removed) late Sunday night when it fell from a moving buggy in Missouri. The person holding it had fallen asleep. Yesterday morning, an Amish woman in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, succumbed to serious burns suffered in a home explosion. She had thrown kerosene on a fire to get it burning better. The regularity…
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How do Amish find and buy farmland?