HEIR SEARCH
Heir search for probate.
For executors, estate administrators, and professional advisers who need to identify or trace potential heirs.
We reconstruct family relationships and locate supporting records for probate and estate administration, including matters involving missing relatives or uncertain family connections.
A line of descent, supported.
An apparent family connection requires supporting evidence. We reconstruct relationships across generations and investigate discrepancies that could affect the identification of a person or family branch.
Findings distinguish documented relationships from unresolved possibilities. Decisions about legal entitlement remain with appropriately qualified counsel.
- Define the question
- Review the known family structure and the records already available with the family or its advisers.
- Trace the relationships
- Investigate relevant branches and reconcile identities using contemporary records and corroborating sources.
- Set out the evidence
- Present the documented connections, source references, and material questions requiring further work.