Hi List When I transferred by GEDCOM data (17685 records from Sierra Generations v5 to Family Origins v4) all the records came over OK except any notes and when I cut & paste, any (£) appear as umlaut, (spelt wrong I guess but you know the German (u) with two dots above. Any ideas? More of a irritation than a problem John P LAWS Registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk http://www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk laws@one-name.org Listowner:- laws-uk-l@rootsweb.com Listowner:- wolstencroft-l@rootsweb.com Listowner:- tree-warden-links-l@nature.rootsweb.com Member of GOONS Putting Flesh on the Bones of History Join our newsgroup send a mail to LAWS-UK-L-Request@Rootsweb.com put nothing in the message other than the word SUBSCRIBE The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER welcomes your support, for details go to our website http://www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk THIS Email is made out of environmentally friendly ASCII Text. Feel free to forward our newsletters to anyone who might be interested. This e-mail does NOT have any attachments from us. Any attachment should be regarded as a virus and be deleted. In this case, please notify us immediately!