In 1693, Amish people formed their own branch of Anabaptism in Switzerland and eastern France under the leadership of their founder Jakob Ammann. All Amish communities today are offshoots of this ...
Occasionally, Amish people did have their photos taken, as you can see with the couple in the first image who likely went to a studio for their portrait in 1875. But by the time photography became ...
Return to Amish star Sabrina Burkholder shared a rare life update, revealing that she is suffering from a sprained neck ...
For three years prior to leaving, Hershberger worked as a school teacher for children in the community, People reported. “It was the one thing that I loved about being Amish,” Hershberger ...
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office reported the Amish were traveling on Beasley Road when their buggy was swept away by the ...
Alisha claimed that being raised within the Amish community meant she was expected to get married and raise a family instead of going out to work. She claims that people are kept in the community ...
My life changed that day. He taught me that there were other Amish people questioning things — and eventually the Amish system couldn't hold us anymore. We either had to leave or be excommunicated.
A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict Amish rules, when teenagers can experiment with the modern vices ...
One of the twins involved in a deadly Amish buggy crash in Minnesota has admitted that she tried to dupe law enforcement into ...
The identical twin sister accused of trying to take the blame for her sibling by lying to investigators after a deadly Amish ...