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 === Diacritic Marks  ===
-Written German uses several letters in addition to the 26 letters used in the English alphabet. These are Ä (ä), Ö (ö), Ü (ü), and ß. Historically, German also included Ÿ (ÿ) which today have been primarily&nbsp;replaced phonetically&nbsp;with the letters&nbsp;I (i) and Ü (ü).
+German uses diacritics over several letters, i.e. Ä (ä), Ö (ö), Ü (ü). These diacritics are not optional in German because the pronunciation and meaning of a word will be changed depending on whether the diacritic is added or omitted. There is another symbol that will be found in German, namely ß.  It has the value of <ss>. Historically, German also included Ÿ (ÿ) which today has been replaced with the letters&nbsp;I (i) and Ü (ü).
 For data entry and some searches, it is useful to know how to create these characters. Note: Do not use diacritics when searching in the FamilySearch Catalog.
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 |-
 | Ä
-| Alt + 0196
+| Alt + 142
 | ä
-| Alt + 0228
+| Alt + 132
 |-
 | Ö
-| Alt + 0214
+| Alt + 153
 | ö
-| Alt + 0246
+| Alt + 148
 |-
 | Ü
-| Alt + 0220
+| Alt + 154
 | ü
-| Alt + 0252
+| Alt + 129
 |-
 | ß
-| Alt + 0223
+| Alt + 225
 | &nbsp;
 | &nbsp;
 |-
 | Ÿ
-| Alt + 0159
+| Alt + 376
 | ÿ
-| Alt + 0255
+| Alt + 152
 |}