On my Mac, I hold down the Option key and type "u". Then I type the letter I need--a, o, u, etc.--and it magically appears with the umlaut over it. (Also works for ï, though I don't think that's needed in German.) For ß, I just hold down the Option key and type "s". Marilyn (happy Mac owner :-)) Ethel Heidesch wrote: > I copied this down from April 16, 2004: > > Holding the ALT key, and using the numeric keypad, > ä is 132 > Ä o 142 > ö is 148 > Ö is 153 > ü is 129 > Ü is 154 > ß is 225 > > It was signed "Karen" > who was looking for BUSCH from Stargard and HELM from Stralsund. > > Ethel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <guttmorgan@hotmail.com> > To: <NIEDERSACHSEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:00 PM > Subject: [NIEDERSACHSEN] Re: Update on Boody/Budde/Hannover/Iowa > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: meyer, Heins > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVC.2ACE/3938.3 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > wanted to help in another way. > > In the mailing lists is one genealogy helps that deals a great deal with > computer helps. there is a way there. > > I forget how I got mne. but probably thourgh google. I lost my hard drive > a bit back and know i also have to aquire it again. one presses alt key and > the numbers on the far right keyboard and one gets the umlauts. but one has > to install something else first. > > happy hunting > > jo > > > > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Admin: mailto:NIEDERSACHSEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to: NIEDERSACHSEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > > in the body of the message. > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== NIEDERSACHSEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE -- To answer messages from the MESSAGE BOARD you > must click on the link in the message. This will take > you to the MESSAGE BOARD and you can click POST REPLY > to answer. Your reply will be sent back to the list for > all to benefit. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429