Try these key combinations for the common German umlauted syllables: Umlaut a (ä) DOS alt-132 Windows alt-228 Umlaut o (ö) DOS alt-148 Windows alt-246 Umlaut u (ü) DOS alt-129 Windows alt-252 -- Bob Mittelstadt rdstadt@cts1.internetwis.com Charles William Koehler 11 Aug 1827 - 20 Jan 1902, wife Augusta 1833-1910; settled and died in Lowell Twonship, Dodge County, Wisconsin; birthplaces unknown; children, August Carl 1861-1927; Augusta 1864-1946 (married Charles Frey Jr.); Henry Koehler 1867-1936; Carl Koehler 1873-1944 - all lived in Lowell Township.