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To Learn more about the Amish,
Barbara recommends these websites ~

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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