Amish Folk Tales and Other Stories of the Pennsylvania DutchThe Amish are people steeped in customs and traditions based on living a simple, quiet existence. Get to know Lancaster County, Pa.'s Amish through amusing and entertaining folk tales and legends. Seven stories highlight how the Amish and other Pennsylvania Dutch residents live; there's even a "true" ghost story for your enjoyment. Learn how John the Blacksmith foils the Devil; laugh at the shenanigans of "Eilenshpiggel"; read about the legends behind

Magdalene W

White Oaks Congregation

Eighty-three-year-old Mennonite historian John L

land records

who lived in what is now Snyder Co

from a recently-uncovered box of 68 glass negatives bought at a flea market

readers are presented with four more years (1982-1985) of Bechtel's Dummheide columns in the original Pennsylvania German

Horst (1/16/1854-2/3/1940)

Each descendant is numbered to aid in tracing their ancestry and many include biographies

DNA analysis was used to study the possible chromosomal connections between various Beiler-Beyeler-Boiler-Byler families

Canton of Schaffhausen

to its present state