Arturo Ramos & Mexico research

["Josie T. Trevino" <Josiett3@...>]

The reason people from Mexico prefer not to deal with checks or money orders is that it is VERY difficult to cash them in Mexico.  They are charged an extra amount by the banks to cash checks and most banks will deal only with certain types of money orders.  There are ways that people send money orders to Mexico which are acceptable, I think they are called "jiros or giros postales" or something like that.  I can provide you with the name of a friend of mine from Mexico who knows Mr. de la Torre and knows the "system".......I am sure that if you spoke to him he could provide you with a lot of information on how to proceed with this.  I can open the door for you and you can take it from there.  My friend is VERY honest and can be trusted.  Let me know if you need help.

 

Josie Trevino Trevino

San Antonio, TX

 

PS.....my friend has e-mail and works with archives

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From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Arturo Ramos
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:19 PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos] Re: Digest Number 686

Leonardo de la Torre does NOT speak English.  I think that 
if I worked 
out a deal with him, I would be willing to communicate project 
goals, 
etc., to him for members who would sign up.  My Spanish is not 
perfect, 
but I can hold my own.

When we were discussing my 
reimbursing his travel expenses for him to 
come to Colotlan, he was adamant 
about getting the money wired to 
him... he specifically did not want checks 
or money orders.

Since Paypal works more or less like a wire service once 
it is linked 
to a bank account and they do allow linking to Mexican bank 
accounts 
(it a bit slower since they have to make their money on the float), 
he 
may be amenable to that... depends on how much of a technophobe he 
is.  
However, I am sure that we can find a solution to this problem in 
one 
way or another.

I was thinking that what I would discuss with him 
was the possibility 
of working on an hourly basis with an ongoing list of 
projects... that 
way people could set out a budget for their given project 
and know that 
he would not go beyond that without asking for more time to 
work on 
it... sort of the way law firm billing works.  That way he 
would also 
have to be accountable for the work he is performing.

I 
imagine that even the smallest project is going to be in the dozens 
of hours 
but you can set out a small project every three or four months 
as your 
budget allows... Others will get their projects in the queue in 
the meantime 
so we can keep work flowing to him.

What I am hoping is that multiple 
members may have overlapping 
genealogies and can therefore share the cost of 
a project in certain 
instances.



--- In 
ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Linda R Romero <romero89@e...> 
wrote:
>
> I, too, would be interested in having someone in Mexico 
do some  
> research for me.  But I have several 
questions.  I am one of the 
list  
> members who does not 
speak Spanish.  Does Senor de la Torre speak 
any  
> 
English?  How would we communicate?  I have names and dates for 
a  
> starting point.  What else would he need.  I have a 
Paypal account.   
> Can this be used to transfer money?  I 
can pay, but not in the  
> hundreds each month.  I will lurk a 
little longer on the list until  
> these and list member's other 
questions are asked.
> 
> Linda Romero
> 
> 
researching:  Romero, de la Torre, Barba,
>