Thanks Rick.I too plan to purchase this book but was having trouble trying to get an international money order.I didn't realize I could send her a personal check that she could cash.I will be sure to add the extra amount when I send it.What family are you looking up from Lowrin? I am a Lung looking for my family along with a few maiden names as well. --- On Sat, 2/6/10, Rick and Jeanette Bachmann <bachmannfamily@att.net> wrote: From: Rick and Jeanette Bachmann <bachmannfamily@att.net> Subject: [BANAT-L] Purchase of Lowrin FB To: BANAT@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9:10 AM I ordered this book from Frau Schauermann and sent her a check for $35  as recommended.  Unfortunately, when she deposited the check at her  bank, they took 9 Euro for various fees, leaving us over 16 Euro  short.  She mailed me a letter back with the description of the extra  charges.  So I changed some dollars for Euro at the airport  international terminal and put 20 Euro cash in the mail to her today. I recommend that if you are going to purchase this book by sending a  check in dollars, be very conservative on the exchange rate and  include at least an extra 9 Euro for the bank charges. The book is 20 Euro, the postage is 10 Euro and the bank charges 9  Euro to convert from dollars to Euro, so I would send the dollar  equivalent of at least 40 Euro. Rick Bachmann ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message