I have a list from the GRO here and on it they list the following: 5. Payment : ChequesPostal orders etc should be made payable to THE REGISTRAR GENERAL All fees quoted above are in irish Pounds/Punts (IR£ or IEP) and Euro 6; Foreign Applications - Fees are payable in Iish Pound currency, Draft I.E.P. or Euro made payable to the Registrar general. We also accepyt Sterling cheques, postal orders, US$ cheques Republic of ireland Applications: Fees are payable in irish currency, Irish Cheque, Postal order, Money Order or Euro made payable to the Registrar general and in case anyone decides to ask: Birth cert: £5..50 (6.98 Euro) Extra copies: £4 or 5.08 Euro All other certs except short form birth cert same prices This looks like they will accept US$ cheques made out to the sum of 5.50. A photocopy of an entry will cost £1.50 or 1.90 Euro. one thing to remember is this - our banks don't seem to charge such high conversoin rates as those figures I've seen quoted as here.....I can't remember the exact figures... I get the impression from this Ruesch figure here that it is standard......doesn't matter how many pounds/punts you want to buy - the rate is this? The banks here charge commission...so - the smaller the amount being exchanged the smaller the commisision charged and vice versa. It may be 10%.....and maybe the GRO has this taken into account when requests are being made of them, plus - they have to put stamps on envelopes.... All these items I'm thinking of as I type..... Maybe some others can comment on hidden charges that may be there - Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter & Elizabeth Pidgeon" <peter_pidgeon@bigpond.com> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 March 2000 06:27 Subject: Re: [WEX] Irish Pound Draft Fee > Milli, > > Open yourself an Irish Cheque account with the Bank of Ireland. You can do > Punts or Euros. Then you only pay a fee for whenever you top it up and the > cheques only cost 22p. > > Regards, > > Peter Pidgeon > > Leafy Eltham, Victoria, Australia > Please visit our web site at > www.users.bigpond.com/peter_pidgeon/ > Research Names: > http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/pid01.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Westmilli@aol.com> > To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:22 AM > Subject: [WEX] Irish Pound Draft Fee > > > > FYI: The fee for exchanging US dollars into pound drafts has gone up from > > $3.00 to $15.00 this year at Ruesch International! I found this out today. > > Since that;s the only way to send for B/M/D certificates at the General > > Registry Office in Dublin It's going to be very costly. My husband seems > to > > think that they would take Dollars if you knew the current exchange rate, > but > > I've been told that this was the way to go, and I've done it for a few > years. > > Anybody know any different? Milli > > > > ______________________________ > >