What's with the "G-d"? Are you having a problem with your "o" key? --- Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Peggy J Knox [mailto:powerchairwoman@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:48 PM To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Thanksgiving There was no set annual Thanksgiving until it was established in the middle of the Civil War. However, from the time the Pilgrims landed up to the establishment of a national day of Thanksgiving in November, there were days declared to be days of Thanksgiving for special events that were considered special blessings and recognition from G-d such as the end of an epidemic; a war; escaping death of a weather event, etc. Although not nearly as observant as those in the 17th and 18th century, religion was much more central with days of fasting, days of Thanksgiving,etc. No one was excused, as they were not excused from Sunday service. Although there were changes happening, especially after the Revolution, Protestantism which is what we are talking about when we discuss early 19th century religion. In a couple decades, the new religious revivals would be taking place in upstate New York. I know I've skipped a lot of detail, but I'm doing this from memory. I do hope this brief explanation helps. Shalom Peggy J. Knox ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com ============================== 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

"G-d" is a way of typing the word "god" used by many jews and perhaps other religions (I'm not sure). It has to do with religious rules about the destruction of the word once it is written (ie. you are not supposed to destroy a piece of paper, writing, etc that has the word "god" written on it), at least that's my understanding. It's actually a fairly common thing in email. I think many people have picked it up as a generic way to type it, as in cyberspace you can have no idea of who you are speaking to. It worked though, clearly you understood what the word was without the "o" Erin M Ballantine Sound Designer - Technician - Electrician www.BallantinePC.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Gorman" <dhgorman@frontiernet.net> To: <NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: RE: [NYOTSEGO] Thanksgiving > What's with the "G-d"? Are you having a problem with your "o" key? --- > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peggy J Knox [mailto:powerchairwoman@juno.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:48 PM > To: NYOTSEGO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYOTSEGO] Thanksgiving > > There was no set annual Thanksgiving until it was established in the > middle of the Civil War. However, from the time the Pilgrims landed up > to the establishment of a national day of Thanksgiving in November, there > were days declared to be days of Thanksgiving for special events that > were considered special blessings and recognition from G-d such as the > end of an epidemic; a war; escaping death of a weather event, etc. > Although not nearly as observant as those in the 17th and 18th century, > religion was much more central with days of fasting, days of > Thanksgiving,etc. No one was excused, as they were not excused from > Sunday service. Although there were changes happening, especially after > the Revolution, Protestantism which is what we are talking about when we > discuss early 19th century religion. In a couple decades, the new > religious revivals would be taking place in upstate New York. > > I know I've skipped a lot of detail, but I'm doing this from memory. I > do hope this brief explanation helps. > > Shalom > Peggy J. Knox > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in list mode send an email with the word, > unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message to the following > address: NYOtsego-l-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== NYOTSEGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list in digest mode send an email with > the word, unsubscribe,in the subject field & body of the message > to the following address: NYOtsego-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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 > > >