What other mark is there above an 'A' in Swedish? When searching in ArkivDigital, there are parishes that begin with an 'A' with a mark above them, that are not dots. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bo Johansson Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] Help with writing 'O' Brenda Clement wrote 2014-06-05 17:21: > > Hälleberga AIIa:2 (1901-1910) Image 322 / page 310 (AID: > v166724.b322.s310, > NAD: SE/VALA/00152) > > Line 10..Is that an umlaut or circle above the ‘o’ in Viderstrom? That squiggle (in this text) is dots (umlaut, diaresis), there is no "o-ring" character in Swedish. // Bo Johansson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Brenda Clement wrote 2014-06-05 22:54: > > What other mark is there above an 'A' in Swedish? When searching in > ArkivDigital, there are parishes that begin with an 'A' with a mark above > them, that are not dots. The three "extra" Swedish letters, after Z in the Swedish alphabet, are: Å (a with ring) Ä (A with dots) Ö (O with dots) In old Swedish handwriting, "u" and "y" were sometimes written with a squiggle above, but this was not a different letter, it was a way to make it easier to distinguish them from other letters. // Bo Johansson