Have your friend open a PayPal account. You will also have to open an account. You can then send him a payment through this service. PayPal will automatically convert your funds into Euros. I successfully send a payment to a genealogist in the Czech Republic recently. It costs nothing to set up the account. Monika -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Lindmeyer Sent: January 24, 2010 1:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Sending Money Internationally I owe a good friend in Germany money for some items he purchased for me. I have been trying to find an economical way to send him the money I owe him. I checked with my local bank first but they want a $50 fee to transfer money to a bank account in Germany. Seems pretty high to me. Wal Mart offers a money transfer option but their Money Gram in not available in Nuremberg. I have searched in vein for an international check or money order but I have not been able to find anything. There are some web sites that offer this service but I am not sure if I can trust them. Any ideas? Louis German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message