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In reply to the discussion: 9 injured when vehicle rear-ends Amish buggy in Wisconsin [View all]Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)37. The Amish are a branch of the Mennonites.
Who themselves are a branch of the Anabaptists.
I think of them as like the Hassidic Jews -- a group who, for religious reasons, reject as much of the modern world as they can.
You would almost certainly not find them in your genealogical investigations. Again, like the Hassidim, over 99% of the Amish are the children of Amish parents. Both the Amish and the Hassidim don't marry outside the religion. Indeed, there is a controversy as to whether or not the Amish are an ethnic group.
BTW, my mother's family are all Ashkenazic Jews, albeit not Hassidim.
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I used to live in central Wisconsin, where there are plenty of Amish.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2021
#36
In Ohio the Amish have replaced about all their bicycles with e-bikes. I asked a Amish gentleman
doc03
Nov 2021
#15
If they got rid of their buggies it would effect their tourist business. It seems
doc03
Nov 2021
#20
I once saw a documentary about a barn raising in an Amish community.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2021
#38
I walk occasionally doing local errands like going to the grocery store.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Nov 2021
#28
This particular man was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. n/t
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2021
#39