Success Stories

From long-lost grandchildren to hidden gold, HeirSearch cases are anything but ordinary.

Please Note: Although accurate in scope, all identifying information such as names, dates and locations have been changed in order to protect the privacy of individuals.

Unveiling Legacies: The Triumph of Forensic Genealogy in Estate Resolution

When Christian Mahoney, a lifelong bachelor with no children and predeceased by his brother, mother, and father, passed away, the attorney appointed by the court as the dependent administrator faced the daunting task of managing an intestate estate valued in the mid-six figures. Recognizing the complexity of the situation, the attorney enlisted the expertise of […]

Unveiling the Genetic Tapestry: DNA’s Crucial Role in Trust Termination

Susan North established a lifetime revocable living trust designating her son as the primary beneficiary. However, when her son, Thomas North, passed away shortly after her, the trust faced a complex situation. Engaging our services, the trust company, appointed as the Executor to the Estate of Thomas North, sought our expertise in identifying, locating, proving, […]

Searching for an Intestate U.S. Army Veteran’s Heirs at Law

An attorney in Illinois hired HeirSearch to identify & locate the heirs at law of Gene Sanderson, a U.S. Army veteran who died intestate with no known living family. In this HeirSearch success story, we examine the case of an intestate decedent who was a U.S. Army Veteran. Probate proceedings for Veterans are often entangled […]

Quiet Title Action Success: How HeirSearch Empowers Attorney to Resolve Prope...

An attorney in Texas hired HeirSearch to identify & locate Beatrice Hawthorn and, if deceased, her issue. Given their inherent value, property transfers, Quiet Titles, and agricultural or mining claims often present unique challenges for the parties involved, and this case study is no exception. When a Texas-based attorney was set to inherit mining/agricultural claims […]

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HeirSearch Expertise Overcomes Gap in Public Records & Uncovers Rightful...

In this HeirSearch success story, we explore the curious case of a decedent with a substantial estate and no children...

Locating Nearly Two Dozen Living Beneficiaries

An attorney in Pennsylvania representing the trustee hired HeirSearch to identify and locate any surviving issue. The...

An Heir Search Spanning the Globe

A private fiduciary company in California retains HeirSearch’s services to identify, locate, and prove a decedent’s ...

Overcoming Familial Estrangement Through Forensic Genealogy

HeirSearch’s investigative expertise is put to test by reconstructing an estranged family tree. When Jenny Airedale p...

A Puzzle with a Missing Piece

A Connecticut-based attorney approached HeirSearch to conduct an overseas search to facilitate an estate settlement. ...

A Family Tree With Over 140 Descendants.

A bank leverages HeirSearch’s investigative expertise to identify the rightful beneficiaries in a complex fami...

One Family With Many Names

How can fiduciary professionals fulfil their fiduciary duty when a decedent’s true name is unknown? A Michigan Public...

What Happens When an Estate Has No Living Heirs?

How HeirSearch helps legal professionals satisfy the courts, even when the estate in question has no living heirs. A ...

Forensic Genealogy Conquers 50 Years of Familial Estrangement

A Nevada-Based Public Administrator approached HeirSearch to solve a puzzling case. A Public Administrator engaged He...

A Family Tree with Countless Branches

How can legal professionals satisfy the courts when the extent of a decedent’s family is unknown? When a New York-bas...

A Man with No Known Family

When a Public Administrator was tasked with confirming heirship for a man with no known family, HeirSearch was the fi...

Helping Guardians with End-of-Life Decisions

Mary Wilson was an elderly woman under the care of a Florida Plenary Guardian. Her health was declining and she was r...

Lost then found. An estranged Vietnam veteran is located after 16 years.

An estate attorney in Missouri leverages HeirSearch’s expertise to locate and identify an heir who hadn’t been heard...

It Started with a Photograph

Family history on the back of a single photograph When an elderly matriarch passed away, she took her family history ...

Long Lost Heir

Where do you find a missing relative and estranged heir? The lost heir had no record of stable employment and his fam...

What’s in a Name?

Was the information incorrect, or had the rightful heirs simply disappeared? When an attorney couldn’t locate the two...

The Woman with Many Names

We find heirs, even when they seem determined to stay lost. The woman named in the will had changed her name so many ...

Gone Without A Trace

An unexpected inheritance helped a man get back on his feet. The man hadn’t had contact with his family for years, bu...

Cold Case Solved

How do you search for heirs to solve a decade-old cold case? The bank assumed control of a woman’s financial affairs ...

Long Lost Grandson

Building trust to find the truth. Did the lost heir even exist? A widow was reluctant to speak about her family with ...

Finding the Missing Pieces

Finding family members isn’t always straightforward, especially when someone destroys records. An elderly man’s will ...

It’s All in a Name

Sometimes, it really is as simple as a spelling mistake. A man left a sizeable inheritance to the daughter he hadn’t ...

Hidden in Plain Sight

No one expects to find a hidden treasure. Cleaners discovered $7.4 million in gold hidden in Milton Hyde’s home after...