To Learn more about the Amish,
Barbara recommends these websites ~
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The Amish News
Visit this site for links to articles and publications concerning the Pennsylvania Amish.
The People's Place
An educational and heritage center
about the Amish and the Mennonites in the village of Intercourse, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The Heritage Center of Lancaster County
The museum collects, preserves and interprets Lancaster County's history and decorative arts through the permanent collection, annual exhibitions and educational programming.
The Landis Valley Farm Museum
A nationally significant living history museum that collects, conserves, exhibits, and interprets Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940.
Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch Country
The Official Site of the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center
The most comprehensive source of information
on the culture and the attractions of Lancaster County, PA.
Recommended further reading on the Amish
Nonfiction selections
Dr. Frau: A Woman Doctor Among the Amish by Grace Kaiser
Amish Ways by Ruth and Blair Seitz
The Gift to be Simple: Life in Amish Country by Bill Coleman
Growing up Amish * by Richard Ammon
Amish Women by Louise Stoltzfus
The Riddle of the Amish Culture by Donald B. Kraybill
Great Possessions - An Amish Farmer's Journal by David Kline
Plain and Simple by Sue Bender
How to Speak Dutchified English by Gary Gates
And cookbooks by Marcia Adams
Fiction about the Amish
Ellie; Daniel; Reuben; Rachel (series) * by Mary Christner Borntrager
The Quilted Message - A mystery *
by Ken Munro
The February Trouble
by Neil Albert
* Especially suitable for children
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