I don't know about the rest of you but I can create a pound sign by using the character palette, currency symbols and clicking £ . I hope it does not reproduce as a question mark, as did the message authored by Phyllis Patton. I do use a Mac Power PC G5 and [OSX 10.4.9] and am curious to see if this symbol manages to make it through to your forum. Agnes C On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:26 PM, dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > In recent posts several of you have had to write Inventory 237.17.5 > (like > this) or 60 [pounds] (like this). I want to share with you how to > make this > sign ? for the English and early New World currency pound sign. I > think you will > enjoy using this. > > Some years ago, Charles M. Cook, a fellow Hageman, Hegeman > genealogist, > shared with me how to make the English Pound Sign using the Numeric > Key pad > to the right of the key board. To do so hold down the Alt key > beside the space bar > and type 0163 at the same time and you will get ?. > > > Phyllis Patton

Be sure your numlock is on and use Alt. 156 instead. m -----Original Message----- From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Agnes Cloninger Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:44 PM To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] English pound sign. I don't know about the rest of you but I can create a pound sign by using the character palette, currency symbols and clicking £ . I hope it does not reproduce as a question mark, as did the message authored by Phyllis Patton. I do use a Mac Power PC G5 and [OSX 10.4.9] and am curious to see if this symbol manages to make it through to your forum. Agnes C On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:26 PM, dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > In recent posts several of you have had to write Inventory 237.17.5 > (like > this) or 60 [pounds] (like this). I want to share with you how to > make this > sign ? for the English and early New World currency pound sign. I > think you will > enjoy using this. > > Some years ago, Charles M. Cook, a fellow Hageman, Hegeman > genealogist, > shared with me how to make the English Pound Sign using the Numeric > Key pad > to the right of the key board. To do so hold down the Alt key > beside the space bar > and type 0163 at the same time and you will get ?. > > > Phyllis Patton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All of the ASCII extended characters can be found at numerous sites. Here is one: http://www.evergreen.edu/biophysics/technotes/program/ascii_ext-pc.htm -----Original Message----- From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Agnes Cloninger Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 6:44 PM To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] English pound sign. I don't know about the rest of you but I can create a pound sign by using the character palette, currency symbols and clicking £ . I hope it does not reproduce as a question mark, as did the message authored by Phyllis Patton. I do use a Mac Power PC G5 and [OSX 10.4.9] and am curious to see if this symbol manages to make it through to your forum. Agnes C On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:26 PM, dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > In recent posts several of you have had to write Inventory 237.17.5 > (like > this) or 60 [pounds] (like this). I want to share with you how to > make this > sign ? for the English and early New World currency pound sign. I > think you will > enjoy using this. > > Some years ago, Charles M. Cook, a fellow Hageman, Hegeman > genealogist, > shared with me how to make the English Pound Sign using the Numeric > Key pad > to the right of the key board. To do so hold down the Alt key > beside the space bar > and type 0163 at the same time and you will get ?. > > > Phyllis Patton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message