Umlauts, etc.:

    ASCII     TeX  850  8859  Mac  HTML     Postscript   Name
    _____     ___  ___  ____  ___  ____     __________   ____
    "A,Ae     \"A  142  0196  128  Ä   Adieresis    A umlaut
    "O,Oe     \"O  153  0214  133  Ö   Odieresis    O umlaut
    "U,Ue     \"U  154  0220  134  Ü   Udieresis    U umlaut
    "a,ae     \"a  132  0228  138  ä   adieresis    a umlaut
    "o,oe     \"o  148  0246  154  ö   odieresis    o umlaut
    "u,ue     \"u  129  0252  159  ü   udieresis    u umlaut
    "s,ss,sz  \ss  225  0223  167  ß  germandbls   eszet
    "y,y,ij   \"y  152  0255  216  ÿ   ydieresis    y dieresis
    "e        \"e  137  0235  145  ë   edieresis    e dieresis

    850 refers to the IBM code page.  IBM code page 437 is identical
    for these characters, except it lacks the eszet.  IBM code page
    819 is ISO 8859-1 compliant, while Windows code page 1252 is a
    ISO 8859-1 superset.  All numerical codes shown are decimal.
    The y dieresis is really a keyboard shortcut for an ij ligature.

    To type these characters on a PC, hold down the alt key and
    enter the 850 or 8859 keycode on the numeric keypad.
    On a Mac, for umlauts type option-u and then the letter to be
    umlauted.  For eszet, type option-s.

    Genealogical symbols:

    ASCII  Typeset                          Meaning
    _____  _______                          _______
    *      asterisk                         Born
    (*)    asterisk in parentheses          Born illegitimately
    +*     cross and asterisk               Stillborn
    ~,=3D    single or multiple water waves   Baptized
    Y      communion cup                    Confirmed
    o      ring                             Engaged
    oo,&   linked or touching rings         Married
    o|o    separated rings                  Divorced
    o-o    separated rings                  Illegitimate union
    !!     two exclamation marks            Pastor
    +      cross or vertical dagger         Died
    X      crossed swords                   Died in battle
    +X     cross and crossed swords         Died from battle wounds
    [],=B1,# box                              Buried
    ++     two crosses                      This line extinct

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    Suggestions for additions or improvements should be sent to
    the author, Jim Eggert  EggertJ@crosswinds.net.

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