In my home area, Somerset Co Pa, the various forebay bank barns are not associated with specific sects but more with a large proportion of the farming community being "Pennsylvania Dutch" or rather German speaking spanning a wide range of faith traditions. Both sides of my family range from Plain Anabaptists to Lutheran. I represent the first generation to grow up off the farm. My grandparents generation thoroughly intermarried, anyhow they all had similar farmsteads. My Lutheran grandmother had a great collection of photos from the turn into the 20th century that documented the Anabaptist communities Love Feast rite that was practiced in an open come one come all manner. My point is a hundred years ago, communities, I think, were far more open and had many forms of exchange.

Last edited by Roger Nair; 07/18/14 05:31 PM.