Most people would be surprised to know that in parts of Ohio there are still many one-room schoolhouses. This has come about because of the high number of Amish and Mennonite people who have settled ...

(RNS) — Lack of education and a culture of submission create an environment ripe for abuse, says the founder of the nonprofit Amish Heritage Foundation. (RNS) — The Amish are known for living a simple ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 14—This is the 22nd article written to commemorate the Rush County Bicentennial. Forty-eight years ago I wrote a graduate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...