Missing Heir Found
New York City, NY
Level II First Cousin
HeirSearch™ research experts work with executors, administrators, trustees, fiduciaries, bank and trust officers, and their counsel to establish kinship for legal purposes. Since 1967, we’ve used forensic genealogy, an analytical research method, to successfully complete tens of thousands of worldwide searches.
Our five-pillar approach ensures reasonable, non-percentage-based fees, authorized search services, a 97% success rate, documented court-ready reports and worldwide service.
Since 1967, we’ve specialized in providing forensic genealogy services to the legal and trust professions.
Forensic genealogy is an analytical research method used to establish kinship for legal purposes. HeirSearch™ experts conduct thorough and unbiased research, complete with court-ready reporting and expert testimony.
At HeirSearch, we hold ourselves to the highest professional and ethical standards. We Find Missing Heirs A Better Way®.
Our fees are quoted in advance and determined by a set fee schedule based on the type of search and your requirements – never as a percentage of the trust or estate.
Significant windfall rewards are available for heir hunters, who frequently start unauthorized searches without client consent or contractual arrangement. Our reasonable fees are always quoted in advance, and we never initiate an independent search. Our experience has shown that courts look more favourably on agreements with heir search firms when the cost of the search is known in advance.
Thanks to a combination of specialized education, training and experience, our research experts are highly qualified to find missing heirs and beneficiaries. Since 1967, this knowledge and expertise has resulted in an average success rate of 97%.
Our final report provides clear and convincing evidence, suitable for an exhibit in court proceedings. All available supporting documentation is included in a concise, easy-to-read format.
HeirSearch has successfully located tens of thousands of missing heirs and lost beneficiaries in more than 65 countries. Regardless of the location of the missing heirs or amount of information available on them, our in-house knowledge and international expertise means we succeed where other search firms often fail.
We use our professional expertise to identify, locate, prove and report known and unknown heirs or beneficiaries, both domestically and internationally.
We help clients fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities in providing notice to heirs by supplying current contact information (or the results of our due diligence search efforts) in order to provide notice of estate or trust matters.
We identify, locate, prove and report heirs or beneficiaries on matters related to Clear and Quiet Title Actions and Property Ownership.
We are very satisfied with the services provided by Heir Search and have found them to be prompt and very reliable. We will continue to use Heir Search for any of our cases that require locating heirs that are known and unknown.
St. Petersburg, FL
Paralegal
Jul 06, 2022
HeirSearch was very thorough and found the heirs we were looking for in a reasonable period of time.
Tampa, FL
Trustee
Jul 06, 2022
The person that I worked with was great; they understood what we had to prove to the court and accomplished that.
Dublin, NH
Town Administrator
Jul 04, 2022
The work was very thorough, and exhibits provided me with additional insights.
Port Charlotte, FL
Agent
Jun 29, 2022
I had a very pleasant experience working with HeirSearch. The amount of information they were able to provide in a timely manner was very helpful. The Researcher was very responsive and great to work with. I would absolutely recommend HeirSearch!
Baltimore, MD
Agent
Jun 28, 2022
We were very pleased with your firm’s invaluable research and resources to support our search and authentication of our beneficiaries. If we or any colleagues need your assistance in the future, we will have no hesitation in recommending your firm. Thanks to you and your Team for all your assistance.
Wilmington, DE
Trust Officer
Jun 27, 2022
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