Is That an Amish Name? A Look at Old Order and Conservative Anabaptist SurnamesDue to such a high retention rate of young people in Anabaptist circles, a sense of ethnic, as well as spiritual peoplehood has developed. The "Plain People" recognize certain names as labels of place and background in their culture. Having grown up around certain names, they subconsciously come to realize what the various names around them indicate about the people who bear them. They know what is meant by an "Amish name," "Hutterite name," and so

1000's of businesses are listed in the directory

One section is devoted to the history and development of Carlisle

Business Men of Clinton County

Wills Creek

There are also separate classified business directories for each town following the resident directories

Frequent names in the index are Bailey

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and provides a history of its growth and important events which it saw

Wayne Township:

Ewingville

Mayflower Compact Signers

Tulpehocken Bi-Centennial Pageant (Anonymous