Hey everybody! Just taking a moment to catch my breath. We are finally back home in our "home sweet home" of San Antonio. Traveled over thr...

What happens at an Amish wedding? Amish researcher Karen Johnson-Weiner discusses Amish wedding customs in a recent article for Lancaster Online. The piece focuses on the Lancaster community, though it also mentions more conservative settlements. Karen shares that typical wedding customs have been changing - and not just in the more progressive communities. If you've ever wondered how

Several years ago, Don Burke befriended an Amish family in the Jamesport, Missouri Amish community. Earlier this year, one of the daughters, raised Amish but not a member of the Amish church, asked Don to take the photos of her upcoming wedding. She wanted the event to have elements of both Amish, and other traditions - as she

The importance of family is part of what makes the Amish community such a tight-knit group and choosing a spouse to build a family with is a crucial and joyous…

Amish couples do not wear wedding rings. However - Amish do several things to commemorate their marriage union. Read on to learn more.

Get er done! An Amish Wedding

Learn about the Amish wedding culture, when they get married, how old they are when the Amish marry and other Amish wedding traditions.

Anna Miller and the women of the Amish community have been busy for days preparing for the wedding of the Miller's youngest daughter, Mary. Mrs. Miller invited us to visit the day before the wedding--and take photos of the arrangements. [Remembering my experience with Delila Yoder who wanted photos of her quilts, I have offered to print some of the photos.] Several pieces of furniture have been displaced onto the porch and long wooden tables arranged to accommodate family and guests for the…

Mennonite - Since Mennonite weddings are deeply religious, the ceremony is in a church with the entire congregation as witnesses. Typically, the bride wears a homemade wedding dress and carries a bible along with her bouquet of flowers. The bride and groom do not share a kiss at the end of the ceremony and at the reception, dancing and alcohol are forbidden.

When I was about 6 weeks old, my parents took me to church–Bossler Mennonite Church close to Elizabethtown, PA. I was born in July–9 months, almost to the day, from my parents’ ho…