GRO will accept personal cheques/bank drafts, International Money Orders and Irish Postal Orders denominated in € Euro drawn on a branch of a bank located in the Republic of Ireland and be acceptable for clearance through the Irish cheque clearing system. Since the changeover to the Euro€ in January 2002 and now with the introduction of a credit card facility, the historical reasons for the practice in this office of accepting payments in £Sterling and U.S.dollars (i.e. the difficulty and expense of obtaining cheques denominated in Irish punts in the U.K., the U.S.A. and elsewhere) no longer prevail. From the 8th October 2002 GRO will accept credit/debit card payments in the following manner: In person at our public counters on the 1st floor of our office in Joyce House. By post to General Register Office, Joyce House, 8/11 Lombard Street, Dublin 2. By fax @ +353-1-6354527. Online applications will not be possible until they have an appropriately secure online facility (They hope to introduce this facility sometime in 2003). GRO will accept Mastercard and Visa credit cards. It should be noted that applications where payment is by credit card will not be expedited or treated any differently from applications using other payment methods. (Note: I do not see any indication that there will be an additional charge for using a credit card.) New application forms (which contain a provision for the inclusion of credit card details) for Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates, designed for the ongoing computerisation/modernisation programme will be posted on the Apply for a Cert page of this website [http://www.groireland.ie/fees.htm] These forms can be downloaded and then submitted to this office by post or fax. A photocopy of an entry will contain the same details as a certificate but is not suitable for administrative matters. However, it is ideal for genealogical purposes. The Euro is about a $1.10 but they do not accept USDollar checks anymore. Ellen "Lorraine Conroy" <timlorr@warwick.net> wrote: >Does anyone know what this equals in in our currency E6.98 ? Thanks >Need to send for certificates in Cty Mayo. >Lorraine > > > >==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== >If you are leaving your current ISP, please unsubscribe! >Digest Fianna-D-request@rootsweb.com >List Fianna-L-request@rootsweb.com >only one word in body of message UNSUBSCRIBE >No signature/No nothing! > > __________________________________________________________________ Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days! http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455