This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Budde/Boody Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZVC.2ACE/3972 Message Board Post: I need to know if someone out there could assist in telling me how to make German characters on my keyboard? I have tried going through windows/accessories/charactermap etc...but none of the examples look to be German. Also, could someone explain a geographic question? If someone is from a parish like: Gross Berkel...would the "county" or Amt, then be Hameln? then "State" of Hannover? Trying to figure out how to properly list these areas on a chart. Thanks to anyone who has a clue. Stacey