Thanks for the reply; my budget allows NO-WHERE near $300? Maybe $50 to cover expenses and a "tip." WOW! ladybug Ford County, Illinois volunteer ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Recommendation / Researcher wanted > > On Dec 6, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Hutchcraft, Bob & Gail wrote: > >> IN American $$, how much does this research cost? And, how on earth >> does >> one send $$ to Germany? > > Ask your researcher for an estimate by outlining what you would like > to find, or tell your researcher that you're willing to spend (say) > $300 but not above that for now and ask how much research that would > allow. All the researchers I've used (including Klaus Struve, who I > can also recommend) have been very good about sticking to their > original estimates. > > Most major U.S. banks can wire money to foreign banks. You need your > researcher's SWIFT number (a bank routing number) and some banks can > wire funds in foreign currency, such as Euros. There's a fee for the > wire of about $30 usually, which you'll pay on your end. > > Some records are unavailable in the U.S. and hiring a researcher is > the only way to find out details held in the original archives. > > Regards, > Debra > http://sakionline.net/familypage > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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

On Dec 6, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Hutchcraft, Bob & Gail wrote: > Thanks for the reply; my budget allows NO-WHERE near $300? Maybe > $50 to > cover expenses and a "tip." WOW! Foreign research can be more expensive than you might expect, but understand that the researcher is a professional who works for an hourly fee, and must pay things like archive admittance fees, photocopying or photography of original records, travel/petrol costs, parking fees, etc. All the researchers I've used have been very good about detailing these costs in the estimate and final invoice. It wouldn't hurt to ask for an estimate to see whether you can afford a researcher's services. I got about twenty records for $400 in Schleswig-Holstein, and this information was vital to verify a particular connection between my immigrant ancestors and their births in Leck. But your needs may be far less and the costs could be much lower. Regards, Debra http://sakionline.net/familypage