Expertise and advice in several areas of genealogy.
This is the search for the heirs of a deceased person in the settlement of their estate, the main activity of most genealogists in France today. Starting only from the death certificate, we reconstruct the family tree of the deceased and find their closest heirs.
From the initial research to the final settlement of the estate, including tracing and representing the heirs, our firm supports you at every stage, drawing on its expertise in probate and property research in mainland France, the French overseas territories and internationally.
Notaries, lawyers, municipalities and colleagues call on us to locate heirs they know of but cannot reach, or owners of land, abandoned or not, in order to contact them for various procedures: estate settlement, expropriation, land purchase, etc.
When settling an estate, the notary may not have the evidence needed to confirm that there are no other heirs. They can then instruct a genealogist to verify the devolution of the estate.
An essential tool for ownerless property and abandoned land, land research identifies with certainty the owner of a plot from land registry data. It is carried out with the land registration services, and also in the departmental archives where the property lies. In that case, the genealogist must go there in person, as the research cannot be done by correspondence.
Thanks to dedicated training and many cases since its creation, the office has become an expert in this field. Municipalities, metropolitan areas and other local authorities increasingly seek this skill, which not all genealogists have.
A bank account is unclaimed when the bank has had no contact with its holder for several years. The bank must then search for them, and may instruct a genealogist to locate them at their new address or, if they have died, find their heirs.
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