I have a problem. I have to send CHF 50.00 to the archives at Glarus. How will I get Swiss money to send to her? And how much is 50.00 in American money? Does anyone know? She has two of my Marti lines in the church books, but I can't get the information until I send the money. So I am really in a dilemma here. I hope someone can help me, as I really want to get this information. Thanks for your help, Joy Marty Adrian www.martyfamily.com

Joy, here is a wonderful money converter website. Store it. http://www.xe.com/ucc/ SFR. 50 show at US $ 40.4326 today. (or a lousy SFr. 1.23663 for one of our good old US dollars). Grrrrh! Ask them if you may send them US dollars and enclose at least $ 42 to cover any discrepancies. Before it arrives it may have changed. It costs a lot for a bank transfer and/or for the Swiss to cash a check;, all will add to your transaction. Good luck. Hanneli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Marty Adrian" <philadrian@cox.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:07 PM Subject: Question with Swiss money >I have a problem. I have to send CHF 50.00 to the archives at Glarus. How > will I get Swiss money to send to her? And how much is 50.00 in American > money? Does anyone know? > > She has two of my Marti lines in the church books, but I can't get the > information until I send the money. So I am really in a dilemma here. I > hope someone can help me, as I really want to get this information. > > Thanks for your help, > > Joy Marty Adrian > > www.martyfamily.com >

> Von: Guy Grenny [mailto:guyg@saber.net] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Mai 2005 19:08 > [...] > SFR. 50 show at US $ 40.4326 today. > (or a lousy SFr. 1.23663 for one of our good old US dollars). Grrrrh! Dear Hanneli, depends on how you look at it: more than one solid Swiss Frank for a lousy Dollar ;-) ? > [...] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Marty Adrian" <philadrian@cox.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:07 PM > > >I have a problem. I have to send CHF 50.00 to the archives > >at Glarus. How will I get Swiss money to send to her? Dear Joy, as Hanneli also pointed out - a bank transfer is exorbitantly expensive for small amounts like sfr 50. Sending cash is also not to be recommended: not only can it easily get lost, but also gets a quite different exchange rate than the interbank exchange rate usually quoted by online converters (typical cash rate would be some $42.50 for sfr.50, as of today) - and offices will usually not accept $ cash - because someone would actually have to go to the bank, queue at a counter, change your $, queue at another counter to pay cash into the office account - likely spending half an hour to accomplish this. On http://swiss.genealogy.net/asinfo/stamps-e.htm you find a method working free of charge - if your partner at the other end accepts stamps of the required quantity. Now, public offices will often not do this in the era of automatic cancellation machines - but might be worth an e-mail to ask. If they don't accept stamps, let me know: I frequently need stamps for sending out our society's newsletter - so for a small(!!) number of people in that situation I can offer to accept stamps (following the procedure described on the web page) for sfr 50 (or similar), and transfer the amount needed to the office's account. Best regards - Wolf __________________ Wolf Seelentag, Ph.D. Reherstr. 19 CH - 9016 St.Gallen +41 (0) 71 - 288 51 21 wolf.seelentag@swissonline.ch

I've used this currency business once - you might want to try it out. I was very satisfied working with them. International Currency Express, Inc: www.foreigncurrency.com Good luck. Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Marty Adrian" <philadrian@cox.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:07 PM Subject: Question with Swiss money >I have a problem. I have to send CHF 50.00 to the archives at Glarus. How > will I get Swiss money to send to her? And how much is 50.00 in American > money? Does anyone know? > > She has two of my Marti lines in the church books, but I can't get the > information until I send the money. So I am really in a dilemma here. I > hope someone can help me, as I really want to get this information. > > Thanks for your help, > > Joy Marty Adrian > > www.martyfamily.com >