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Hi Julie

My Dennis was born in 1918 in Sheffield the son of Arthur William Dennis KENDALL & Christiana Scott I have one marriage in 1978, so it's possible he had an earlier one!

The family did move to Leeds [can't put my hand on the dates at the minute]

Does any of the details match what you know?

Thanks
Maria

Hi Becky

What area of England did your husband ancestors come from, do you know what trade he had?

The 2nd photo we believe is George KENDALL, he was in North Lincolnshire till 1848 then after this date he moved to Hull.

Maria

As potential beneficiaries sign a contract I guess there would be a cooling off period so a chance for them to change their minds.

In order to submit a valid claim to the TS the relationship and therefore the entitlement to the estate has to be proved, I would of thought? And once this is accepted then that heir would become the estate administrator and their duty would be to make sure all potential heirs are located.

The purchase of all the necessary certs [unless needed for research to find the heirs] would not be needed until the cooling off period has expired.

The main outlay would be the time and costs [wages, office etc] in the 'hunt' to locate the heirs. SO in cases where you have 10-12 staff dedicated to one case even if they only spent an hour each on the case would surely out weigh that of obtaining the certs. So if they don't sign/change their minds you have already incurred the main costs to locate the heir.

That's a reason why you look for cases with property/high value, you may fail to sign some cases but that if offset by the potential high gains from the ones you do sign.

OK to hasty after a bit of detective work I have now found an email address for the archives so will give this a go.

Maria

Dear All

Is there and SKS who has access to archived newspapers which cover the Hendon area?

I am trying to ascertain if a death announcement and/or a funeral notice was placed for the following person William [Alexander] HENDRY who died on the 5th July 1990 at Edgware General Hospital he lived at 10 Wendover Lodge, Marriotts Close West Hendon.

Thanks for taking the time to read my request

Maria