Umlaut -- if you are using MS Word, then invoke the Insert menu and choose symbol and you have all the variations, not just unlaut that you click on --once you click it is inserted -- then just close the box. Best wishes Claire PS this doesn't work with the web browser - so your variations can be entered -- My mother's maiden name was Haertsch without the umlat -- with the umlaut over the a -- it becomes ae. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Rufer <rufer@xtra.co.nz> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 9:52 PM Subject: [SWITZ] RUFER, LANGENSAND & others > I am one of the dreaded "newbies" to the list, new that is to Swiss & internet genealogy although I have been tracing my own British roots the "conventional" way for some 20 years. > > My husband's family names include RUFER (Munchenbuchsee BE); AEBERHARD (BE); MURER (Zollihofen BE); LANGENSAND (Alpnach OW); BIELER (Giswil OW); von ROTZ (Sarnen or Kerns OW) > I am interested in making contact with anyone searching these names. > > I have traced back to Christian RUFER (b.1782 m.Barbara MURER 1810) through the family books at Munchenbuchsee. I would like to find his parents. Can anyone please tell me where to find parish registers for Munchenbuchsee? What other records might be useful for this area? > > Can anyone help me with a simple problem please. How does one get the "umlaut" (double dots above a,o,& u) to appear on an english-speaking computer? > > Regards - Anna - from New Zealand > > ______________________________