Sonia, When using Google translate, try Dutch => English as well as Afrikaans => English. For symbols, it is somewhat a matter of trial and error. In Word, try Insert ... Symbol and see if the symbol you want is in the table that is displayed. Otherwise, do a Google search on ASCII Code for some sort of explanation. To get an ASCII (or extended ASCII) symbol, hold down the ALT key and then type the 3 or 4 digit code on the numeric key pad. Release the ALT key, and voila! Baptised (wavy equal): 247 Died (dagger): 0134 Divorced (divide): 0247 Euro: 0128 British pound: 163 You can also find a vast number of Unicode symbols. To enter a Unicode symbol, type the 4-digit number. Then, highlight (select) the number, and type ALT+X. For instance, 2248 is the baptised symbol. There is also a way to type HTML characters, but we won't go there! Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:21:50 PM EDT From: Sonia van Heerden <soniavh11@hotmail.com> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] symbols in SA genealogies Hi all Have been lurking for a while. I am trying to translate some articles in Familia and Genesis from Afrikaans to English. The most recent ones I have just copied from the email copies I receive, but older ones I am typing out and having Google translate do its work. Some answers are strange, but I can figure out what the gist of the articles are. I have a problem when typing out the symbols in SA genealogies. According to Genesis, the symbol for baptized is Alt 197 or 247 when Number lock is on. I have tried that but it does not work with Word. Also the code for died is Alt 160 or 0134. Can anyone please tell me how to show these symbols in Word? Sonia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message