20 What are the German umlauts and genealogical symbols?
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This article is from the German Genealogy FAQ, by Jim Eggert EggertJ@crosswinds.net with numerous contributions by others.
20 What are the German umlauts and genealogical symbols?
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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