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2. Lancaster Amish affiliation - Wikipedia

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   The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish and as such a subgroup of Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760 near Churchtown [1] is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.

3. Amish furniture - Wikipedia

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   Another distinctive style of Amish furniture is the Soap Hollow School, developed in Soap Hollow, Pennsylvania. These pieces are often brightly painted in red, gold, and black. Henry Lapp was a furniture maker based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and it is his designs that most closely resemble the furniture we think of today as Amish-made ...

4. Subgroups of Amish - Wikipedia

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   The Lancaster Amish affiliation is the largest affiliation among the Old Order Amish. Its origin and largest settlement is Lancaster County in Pennsylvania . The settlement in Lancaster County, founded in 1760, is the oldest Amish settlement that is still in existence.

5. Amish way of life - Wikipedia

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   The Amish believe large families are a blessing from God. Amish rules allow marrying only between members of the Amish Church. The elderly do not go to a retirement facility; they remain at home. As time has passed, the Amish have felt pressures from the modern world; their traditional rural way of life is becoming more different from the ...

6. New Order Amish - Wikipedia

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   History. The New Order Amish emerged mainly in two regions: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Holmes/Wayne County, Ohio. Waldrep cites a New Order Amish man: . In Lancaster County, the New Orders wanted a lot more new stuff, but they also wanted to be a little bit more spiritual.

7. Pennsylvania Dutch - Wikipedia

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   A young Amish woman from Lancaster. Among immigrants from the 1600s and 1700s, those known as the Pennsylvania Dutch included Mennonites, Swiss Brethren (also called Mennonites by the locals) and Amish but also Anabaptist-Pietists such as German Baptist Brethren and those who belonged to German Lutheran or German Reformed Church congregations.