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Finders International
Finders International identifies and traces heirs to estates, property, and assets worldwide.
We have won multiple awards for ‘Best UK Probate Research Firm’ and can trace our roots back to 1964. We employ more legally qualified staff than any other UK firm, putting professionalism at the forefront of everything we do.
We serve the public sector, private client legal departments, solicitors, lawyers, trust and estate administration companies and unclaimed asset departments worldwide. We also find missing or unknown owners of empty homes and property.
Beneficiary and customer care is our priority and our staff are the most highly trained in our industry.
We are founder members of the International Association of Professional Probate Researchers, which is the first and most prestigious international regulatory body, which has numerous member companies from around the world.
Following our successful appearances on the BBC series ‘Heir Hunters’ we are recognised as the spokespersons of our industry with over 100 media appearances to our credit. Our amazing and emotional stories show how we have helped enrich and enhance the lives of the beneficiaries we trace.
Heir Hunters
The “Heir Hunters” TV series follows the work of Finders International, multiple award-winning UK Probate Research company, as we search for the heirs of people who have died without a will, leaving their estates unclaimed.
Our rewarding work has also enabled us to reunite families and provide fascinating insights into their pasts.
In addition to tracing missing beneficiaries, we also offer a range of support services helping the beneficiaries we locate with every stage and aspect of the probate or asset reunification processes.
A main firm on BBC1 ‘Heir Hunters’ providing expert forensic genealogy & probate research
Why have we contacted you?
As a firm of probate genealogists, Finders International trace next-of-kin and beneficiaries to estates and reunite assets with their rightful heirs. We also identify and locate owners of empty homes and property.
Our probate research teams work extensively with solicitors in private client, wills and probate and trust teams as well as with the public sector and our international partners.
If we have contacted you, this is because either we believe you may be the beneficiary we are looking for, or you may know the person or family we are seeking. Either way, the work we do is always of financial benefit to the people we trace.
We are a highly accredited firm and many staff have been trained by recognised bereavement, mental health and dementia organisations. We are regulated by the International Association of Professional Probate Researchers (IAPPR) and have numerous legally trained staff and paralegals amongst our team.
Why choose us?
We can often locate next of kin within 24 hours
Over 475 years combined staff experience
News & Media
September 20, 2021
Ancient surnames that might indicate a family history dating back to Essex the early Middle Ages
The ancient Kingdom of Essex was one of the seven that went on to form the Kingdom of England, and the county has a rich history, originating from the Anglo-Saxon period of the early Middle Ages. Now…
September 14, 2021
Dad steals son’s inheritance
A father who stole his son’s inheritance and blew the money on drink and drugs has been sentenced to 20 months in prison suspended for two years and ordered to complete 240 hours of unpaid work and a…
September 9, 2021
Increase in people targeting older, vulnerable adults to cheat families out of inheritance
Older, vulnerable people are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters marrying them so they can inherit their estates, according to a recent feature in iNews. Some 70 people came forward to share…
September 6, 2021
Finders shortlisted twice at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2021
For the second year in a row, Finders have been shortlisted for Probate Research Firm of the Year and the Best Use of Marketing and Social Media at the British Wills and Probate Awards. This years’…
September 1, 2021
Danny Curran featured in CEO Today Magazine
With over twenty years’ experience, the CEO of Finders International, Danny Curran, was featured on CEO Today Magazine giving his expert advice on the importance of family tree verification, how to…
August 18, 2021
What makes a Will Invalid?
Many of the estates we deal with at Finders International belonged to people who didn’t leave a Will, but we also deal with cases where Wills are null and void, which means that the estate is treated…
August 16, 2021
Finders International joins the Good Business Charter
Finders International is delighted to announce it has joined companies such as AVIVA, Living Wage Foundation and MoneyPenny in signing up to the Good Business Charter (GBC), an accreditation that…
August 6, 2021
A short history of medals at the Olympic Games
As of 4 August, Team GB had stacked up an impressive 47 medals at the Tokyo Olympics, including one for skateboarder Sky Brown, making her Britain’s youngest ever Olympian medallist at the age of 13.…
August 6, 2021
Inheritance disputes – when one partner wants to do something different with a lump sum
What happens if you disagree with the way your partner wants to spend an inheritance? That was the question the Daily Mirror posed this week in response to a letter that had been sent to the Daily…
August 6, 2021
Frenchwoman’s battle to prove her existence
How do you prove you’re very much alive and kicking when every single system in your country seems to think you’re dead? A recent feature in the Guardian newspaper highlighted what happened to…
August 6, 2021
Disposing of your intellectual property
Copyrights, patents, trademarks and more – all count as intellectual property and thus are assets that need to be considered when drawing up a will. Willwriters.com covered the issue earlier this…
July 29, 2021
Genealogy – a powerful argument for vaccinations
Among many other things, the past year has seen extensive debate on the issue of the rapidly developed vaccines for Covid-19, and their effects to try to halt the devastating spread of the disease.…
July 29, 2021
Soaring house prices likely to affect inheritance
The latest figures from house sales on the UK show that house prices have risen 8.9 percent in the last year, meaning that people will be liable for higher inheritance tax when they are left a…
July 29, 2021
Homeless woman misses out on $900,000 inheritance
The Sun reported this week that a homeless woman who recently died alone in a shelter in the US missed out on a $900,000 inheritance. Cathy Boone had been living on the streets. She had suffered drug…
July 29, 2021
#FreeBritney – what is conservatorship and what does it mean for the star?
A court in Los Angeles has been looking at the management of Britney Spears’ business and personal affairs, specifically in relation to the control her father has over them. Britney has told the…
July 27, 2021
Empty Homes Webinar | 16th Sept 2021 | 10:30am
Register HereEstimated length of event: 30 mins Empty homes: Understanding present barriers and incentives In our next installment of Empty Homes webinars, our keynote speaker Jill Arriordaz will be…
July 27, 2021
International Asset Services Webinar | 2nd Sept 2021 | 10:30am
International Asset Services Webinar2nd September 2021 | 10:30amCost: FREERegister HereEstimated length of event: 45 mins Title: Ribbons, seals and Apostilles: What overseas institutions mean when…