Hi Mark It dates way back To cross a cheque (draw two parallel lines across it) means the cheque (Check to you) has to be passed through a bank account and cannot be drawn over the counter Most cheques I have seen in recent years have the lines printed on them already But in the dim distant past we would draw two lines across the cheque and write "account payee only" in the space between the lines It just means its safer for the cheque issuer Frankly its about time they took paypal or similar Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > The instructions on the PA1S form say, in part: > "Cheques or Postal Orders should be crossed and made payable to" > > What in the world does "should be crossed" mean? > I've found several wills in the Probate Calendar and I'd like to order > copies (I'm in the USA) so I'll have to send an International Money Order. > =Mark

Never heard of that on this side of the pond. How would you write a check to someone who will need to cash it at a teller window? Gale Gorman Houston On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: Hi Mark It dates way back To cross a cheque (draw two parallel lines across it) means the cheque (Check to you) has to be passed through a bank account and cannot be drawn over the counter Most cheques I have seen in recent years have the lines printed on them already But in the dim distant past we would draw two lines across the cheque and write "account payee only" in the space between the lines It just means its safer for the cheque issuer Frankly its about time they took paypal or similar Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > The instructions on the PA1S form say, in part: > "Cheques or Postal Orders should be crossed and made payable to" > > What in the world does "should be crossed" mean? > I've found several wills in the Probate Calendar and I'd like to order > copies (I'm in the USA) so I'll have to send an International Money Order. > =Mark