Jim, I hope when you find a solution, you will let us all know. Many of us have the same problem, where places won't accept our credit cards. Thank you, Jeannette ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. James Strutz" <strutzj@strutz.com> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:58 AM Subject: [ALL] OT: Making overseas payments > Listers, > > Please forgive the off-topic question. I know some people here research > overseas and am hoping some of the Allegheny county locals, or anyone, may > point me in a good direction. > > Researching ancestry in Europe often involves finding the right archive > institution and requesting a record search. If you're lucky enough to get > a > response, they will send you the record/s of interest along with an > invoice. > The invoice contains information necessary to wire money, in Euros, to > their > bank. > > Our local banks typically charge a $40-$50 fee to do an overseas wire > transfer, which is nearly equal to the research fees in many cases. > Western > Union charges around half that depending on destination. PayPal or POP > sevices do not wire money to banks, only to email accounts. > > Does anyone know of a reasonable way to wire money to overseas banks? > > Private replies please. Thanks... > Jim Strutz > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Credit cards are the easiest way but occasionally no dice there. I have used paypal successfully with a willing researcher I know others who have sent a US check with ample conversion extra I have also sent a small amount of euros cash, not recommended but it worked on the small. John Ireland, Germany On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:03 AM, J T Walton <jtwalton13@comcast.net> wrote: > Jim, > I hope when you find a solution, you will let us all know. Many of us have > the same problem, where places won't accept our credit cards. > Thank you, > Jeannette > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C. James Strutz" <strutzj@strutz.com> > To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:58 AM > Subject: [ALL] OT: Making overseas payments > > > > Listers, > > > > Please forgive the off-topic question. I know some people here research > > overseas and am hoping some of the Allegheny county locals, or anyone, > may > > point me in a good direction. > > > > Researching ancestry in Europe often involves finding the right archive > > institution and requesting a record search. If you're lucky enough to get > > a > > response, they will send you the record/s of interest along with an > > invoice. > > The invoice contains information necessary to wire money, in Euros, to > > their > > bank. > > > > Our local banks typically charge a $40-$50 fee to do an overseas wire > > transfer, which is nearly equal to the research fees in many cases. > > Western > > Union charges around half that depending on destination. PayPal or POP > > sevices do not wire money to banks, only to email accounts. > > > > Does anyone know of a reasonable way to wire money to overseas banks? > > > > Private replies please. Thanks... > > Jim Strutz > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >