Thjanks again Susan, Iooked up "Old German Baptist Brethren" on Wikipedia. It says they are part of the Anabaptist movement, as are Amish and Mennonites, I searched within the article for "Lediite" but it was not in the article.Probably won't find it. There are 3 Lediite churches ("church" in this case being one church unit, formed of roughly the number of families who can get together in one spot at one time, by buggy, ~7mph at a trot) in west central IN where I grew up, a few in western Ohio, and some left north of Harrisburg in PA. They are not one of the groups that particularly encourages a lot on interaction with the 'English' (any non-believer, even if he's Chinese and speaks Mandarin), and therefore there's little info available. If there are other, newer groups I haven't heard of them.
It's funny that the Amish community you mentioned was near Harrisonburg.That's a German Baptist group there, the buggy folks. Sharp-edged, very boxy-looking closed buggies, right? Funny, I used to laugh at folks detailing on kind of buggy from another, and here I am doing it....we all age, I guess.... And you were within reach of one of the few Brethren colleges at the time, since 'affiliated with' I think UVA to get it's accreditation. That form of "brethren" would be the Church of the Brethren, more or less the umbrella term, (although opinions vary!!); at any rate, the less conservative group/s.
That is exactly the one I was talking about from so many years ago. I was
seeing a girl at James Madison at the time.
Try to stay warm up there in Snowy Maine. I haven't even put on a shirt today.Just counted. One wool longsleeve underwear, a t-shirt, a cashmere vest from
It was cool before daylight this am, but it's somewhere between 75 & 80
degrees here now...........................................
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