[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Request for advice

[Richard A. Stein]

Lorne,

Several good and inexpensive methods have been recommended for sending money
to Europe.  However, as someone has already pointed out, the Polish archives
give only one option.  That is to send the funds by electronic transfer
which, unfortunately is quite expensive.  The rates vary among financial
institutions, so do shop around.

When I first obtained documents from the Polish archives, they accepted a
World Money Order sent by postal mail directly to their bank for deposit to
their account.  A money order is quite inexpensive.  When they first changed
to electronic transfer of money, I tried to sent a money order instead.
However, it was returned and I had no recourse except to use electronic
transfer.

For other purposes, I have used Western Union and found it quite
satisfactory.  There is a significant fee, but not as high as electronic
transfer.

Dick Stein

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorne Bohn" <lbohn at shaw.ca>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:41 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Request for advice


> Dear members of the list,
>
> One of the members of the list has been kind enough to translate a letter
I
> received in Polish from "Archiwum Panstwowe w Olstztynie".  Has anyone had
any
> experience with sending a bank money order to Poland to receive
information on
> research material from this archive?  I would like to know what is the
best
> method to go about doing this?
>
> I believe I need to send the equivalent of $32.85 U.S. funds to:
>
> Konto Archiwum Pantswowe w Olsztynie:
> Kredyt Bank PBI S.A. OII/Olstyn PL 82 1500 1562 1215 6000 8845 KRDBPLPW
>
> to receive information on birth and marriage records for members of my
family
> that I have been trying to find for some time.  Any suggestions for the
best
> way to address the money order or go about doing so would be appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lorne Bohn
> (Canada)
>
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