I don't know about you all, but I like the Amish. When I saw that movie "Witness" with Harrison Ford, I wanted to go out and join a "barn raising"! Their simple way of life is appealing. Also, I'm sure there must be a branch of genealogy called "Amish genealogy" or something. >From: "Thomas E. Lassek" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Re: Ann and Thomas...RE surnames...... >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:31:38 -0500 > >" . . . . . I am not sure of our origination , but believe it to be Pa >Deutche...or German...I found it in Lancaster, Pa in the 1800s.. >Jane" > >- - - - - - - - - - > >Well, diligence in research will eventually get to your roots. Maddening at >times isn't it ?? Interesting caption concerning Lancaster County >Pennsylvania. I remember driving through there in my younger years and >ending up in a plowed field one night when I swerved off the highway to >avoid a buggy and horse. The Amish gentleman had absolutely no compassion >for me at all when I told him what he could do with his horse and buggy. > >I know little about their heritage, however, it was my impression that >their ethnicity centered around the Dutch, or those from Holland, as >opposed to German. I may have to be corrected here. I thought the >"Pennsylvania Dutch" were actually from Holland. Can anyone else shed light >on this ?? > >Tom Lassek >Eufaula Alabama > > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >
I don't know much about the Amish community but I had an Amish friend when I was a child. With my mother's family having their PA Dutch roots in Snyder county we often spent several weeks a year there so I developed friendships with the local children. I recall having a wonderful time playing with corn husk dolls and intrigued with using candles rather than lights, pumping water rather than turning on a spigot and I loved all of the horses. But like many other places, it was a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Movahed To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Re: Ann and Thomas...RE surnames...... I don't know about you all, but I like the Amish. When I saw that movie "Witness" with Harrison Ford, I wanted to go out and join a "barn raising"! Their simple way of life is appealing. Also, I'm sure there must be a branch of genealogy called "Amish genealogy" or something. >From: "Thomas E. Lassek" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Re: Ann and Thomas...RE surnames...... >Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 06:31:38 -0500 > >" . . . . . I am not sure of our origination , but believe it to be Pa >Deutche...or German...I found it in Lancaster, Pa in the 1800s.. >Jane" > >- - - - - - - - - - > >Well, diligence in research will eventually get to your roots. Maddening at >times isn't it ?? Interesting caption concerning Lancaster County >Pennsylvania. I remember driving through there in my younger years and >ending up in a plowed field one night when I swerved off the highway to >avoid a buggy and horse. The Amish gentleman had absolutely no compassion >for me at all when I told him what he could do with his horse and buggy. > >I know little about their heritage, however, it was my impression that >their ethnicity centered around the Dutch, or those from Holland, as >opposed to German. I may have to be corrected here. I thought the >"Pennsylvania Dutch" were actually from Holland. Can anyone else shed light >on this ?? > >Tom Lassek >Eufaula Alabama > > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:[email protected] that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237
"I don't know about you all, but I like the Amish. When I saw that movie "Witness" with Harrison Ford, I wanted to go out and join a "barn raising"! Their simple way of life is appealing. Also, I'm sure there must be a branch of genealogy called "Amish genealogy" or something. Carol" - - - - - - - - - - Very well said Carol. All things said and done, we are all more alike than we are different, having the same feelings, experiencing the same pains and joy's, following what one believes is correct in their heart, based on personal beliefs and faith - always trying to do what's right, with never an intention of hurting a fellow human. I wish all of humanity would strive towards such worthwhile goals. Tom Lassek Eufaula Alabama