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.

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 times, it seemed like it would be impossible to locate her. Until the attorney could find all heirs, the estate’s funds could not be distributed. When a decedent’s will named a […]

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 seen since she was two years old. The problem? Without correct information, it seemed that no one, not even a private investigator, could locate this unknown heir. After divorcing her husband, Melissa-Anne Mason’s […]

Finding the Missing Pieces

Finding family members isn’t always straightforward, especially when someone destroys records. An elderly man’s will names two sisters as heirs, but no one in their father’s family has spoken to them in years. To find a lost relative, the family has to confront old prejudices before the will could be properly distributed. When an […]

Long Lost Heir

Where do you find a missing relative and estranged heir? The lost heir had no record of stable employment and his family had no way to contact him. HeirSearch had to find the missing relative so the estate could be distributed. Tyson hadn’t spoken to his family in years. The family had no last […]

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Missing For 16 Years

How do you search for a homeless Vietnam veteran that has been estranged for sixteen years? An attorney in Missouri w...

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 ...

What’s in a Name?

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

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 ...

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...