That means: Instead of value from his capitial: His parents gave him money for his journey. So I think you understood it right. They must pay a fee for emigrate to his tycoon or mornach. This fee was calculate from their capital. Also the must pay for papers and other things. Michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "kopfler" <kopfler@i-55.com> > Gesendet: 24.08.08 15:13:02 > An: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> > Betreff: [BW] Help with translation of auswanderer-bw comment > I located a great great uncle, Joseph SCHENK, from Rosenberg in the auswanderer-bw database. In the comment section the following appears: Anstelle eines Betrages steht beim Vermögen: "von seinen Eltern mit den nötigen Reisemitteln versehen". Would someone be so kind as to provide a translation of this and explain what it means. It appears to me that he had no money, but his parents way paying his expenses. > > Fred Kopfler > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________ Psssst! Schon vom neuen WEB.DE MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3123