Hi Joyce, The $20 is a certified copy. Or so I thought. It WAS something like around $15 or so in euros, plus the cost of conversion from U.S. Dollars (or Canadian) plus postage. No one has told me that the cost has dropped. $2.50 euros is about $3.33 USD today. $0.50 euro is $0.67 USD. That's fantastic that they have slashed the price so much! So many people paid almost $20 for their records. I know California death and marriages are about $13 to $15 depending on the record. It varies with the state. Michigan is the highest I've found so far for obtaining records ($20 - $25 if I remember correctly).
I think their conversion fees there in the Azores must be reasonable. It's been 4 or 5 years since I've been, but I don't remember the banks taking that much out to convert my U.S. dollars. But when I went to the bank here in America with a check for the conference written on Canadian dollars, the bank wanted $20 out of the check to convert it to U.S. dollars! That's just crazy!!! You still have to cover their postage. I don't know at all how much a Portuguese air mail stamp costs. I think it was about $0.80 for an airmail stamp that I bought here in America to mail a card to the Azores. I don't know if it's similar or not to the Portuguese air mail stamp. Let us know what you find out! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
