Heir Hunters TV programme

[FraserandFraser]

I am sure Debbie would be flattered.

Fraser and Fraser is an equal opportunity employer, however in the interest of cost saving we stick to people with the same name to save money on stationary.

David Milchard
David Pacifico
David Slee
David Mansell
David Hadley
Frances "Davina" Brett

However Tony, Marcus, and Me put a spanner in that. At one time DP, DS and DM all sat in a row

[carol8353]

 

[kooky]

Don't forget Gareth!
Kooky

[madpants]

I bet his middle name's David! 

I'm going to have withdrawal symptoms when HH finishes 

(ooh just noticed...nice avatar Neil.....why is it not a photo of you from the panning shot??  )

[Eking]

I've attempted to put this in spoilers as it is about todays program

I probably need to rewatch on iplayer but -
1) How did they quickly know that the Edmonton Harold Smith was the correct one ?

2) Because they didn't know where in Poland father of John Wise was born, it seemed that side discounted and estate distributed to maternal side - was that correct ?

Thanks

[Redroger]

Fraser and Fraser is an equal opportunity employer, however in the interest of cost saving we stick to people with the same name to save money on stationary.

British Rail did this with 2 successive Bob Reid's as Board Chairman.

[Rena]

What I wonder about these estates is its easy enough to divide up all the things of monetary value but what happens to the things of no money value? I am thinking of things like photographs and letters, bit hard dividing them amongst several competing heirs

That's a painful subject for me.  I would have loved to have had my childless uncle's personal papers - I knew he intended to leave his estate to charity but they wouldn't want his apprenticeship induction, bmd docs, photos, etc. He was No.6  of eight children and he was the last to go.  Most of my family left our home town years ago and I didn't know who to contact when my letters were returned unopened.  I was quite sad when I came across his solicitors letter in the London Gazette about 8 years after his death. I didn't contact them as I thought all documents would have been destroyed by that time.

As he was from a long line of engineering families I used to wonder why on earth he would change careers to go farming in Wales back in 1950.  His given names were Kenneth Mackenzie and late last year I actually found a 1780's baptism which showed a birth in a Scottish Highland barnyard.  Looks like he'd gone back to his roots

[davidft]

In today's programme (Thursday) there was an estate where they could trace the maternal relatives but not the paternal relatives as no one knew whereabouts in Poland they came from.

Can someone advise what happens in a case like this ie

1. Does all the estate go to the maternal relatives.

2. Does half the estate go to the maternal relatives and half remain with the Treasury Solicitor until the paternal heirs (if any ) are found.

3. Is all the money kept in trust until such time as it is proved whether or not there are paternal heirs.

Thank you

[Alan b]

I've attempted to put this in spoilers as it is about todays program

1 Via the death certificate which gives the date of birth.

2. Yes that is correct.