The 1940M2-S-0185 page shows that these entries were originally typed with plain letter o, then rather clumsily altered by hand to represent o-umlaut (o with two dots above it) which is in the f4 character table in WinBMD, six rows down and 5 columns across. You may judge it appropriate to add #COMMENT lines after these entries along the guidance in TKB 6(d). #COMMENT Handwritten amendment of original typed surname Schon Incidentally the change of meaning of 'schon' by adding the umlaut changes a word meaning 'already' to a word meaning 'beautiful', a fairly common component of German placenames and surnames. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Raymond" <allan_raymond@btinternet.com> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Special Characters Debz Does http://www.freebmd.org.uk/vol_faq.html#3h provide the answer? "If a character is not included in the WinBMD Special Characters list it cannot be used in a transcription and you should use the unaccented character instead." Allan Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: Debz To: freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:14 PM Subject: Special Characters Hi Sorry if this arrives twice. I recieved this email from one of my transcribers I have no idea what the ruling is on Special Characters I am transcribing scan 1940M2So185 and have come across a accent code (German I think) which I cannot find using the F4 function which is the “show special character table” The names I have discovered so far are Schon, Schonfeld, Schonmann The letter “o” has a character above it which I do not recognise. Any Ideas please??? I recieved this email from one of my transcribers and did't know the answer myself does anyone have a idea Thanks Debz Debz Syndicate N.Z. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message