Heir Hunters TV programme

[mshrmh]

Neil,
Thanks for your input - always interesting to get answers from the firm involved.

Out of idle curiosity, do you deal with estates in the Duchies of Lancaster & Cornwall? I've heard these are separate from the Treasury's Bona Vacantia & wondered how they could be searched - never having seen adverts etc. Incidentally has the day changed to Friday for the Treasury's lists as the advert seems to go in that day's Times rather than Thursday as before?

[LizzieW]

Every one wants to know about 1921 census, my lips are sealed, sorry

Perhaps you should hide it from the view of the camera Neil, we Rootschatters are very observant and very nosey

[acorngen]

Neil,
Thanks for your input - always interesting to get answers from the firm involved.

Out of idle curiosity, do you deal with estates in the Duchies of Lancaster & Cornwall? I've heard these are separate from the Treasury's Bona Vacantia & wondered how they could be searched - never having seen adverts etc. Incidentally has the day changed to Friday for the Treasury's lists as the advert seems to go in that day's Times rather than Thursday as before?

Have tried locating the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and never yet found it so can't answer that point but with regards to the day TSol release their latest list I can say it is Midnight Thursday it is released which will be after the copy time of the Times and that is why it will be in Fridays paper

Rob

[deesam56]

wonder with the 'heir hunters'  how many nasty replies from phone calls they actually get
By the programme it looks like everyone who answers the phone to them are quite nice about it

I wonder if they get reported to authorities as I am sure I would if I telephoned someone out of the blue telling them I am researching their family and they may be due some money

also do the companies have to be in possession of all certs to do with the beneficiaries before approaching the family or do they rely on the benificiaries supplying photocopies for them to send to the TSo

[FraserandFraser]

the firms should supply the certs, however some of them try to do it bellow cost then get the heirs to provide there own certs.

the certs would usually only be ordered after the heirs have signed.


list comes out Midnight on Wednesday (Thursday morning) they are in the paper 4 weeks after the advert on the web. hadn't seen it had changed. they are given to the papers a few weeks in advance and go in the legal and public section, there have been leeks in the past from the papers that is why they are on the web first.

yes we work DoL and DoC cases

[LordOfKent]

Hi there

There was something a bit weird on today's program. When Celtic went to the welsh registrar, I noticed that the registrar took a register from the safe multiple times to check different queries. It was the same one from the same position on the same shelf.

Now either he must be very forgetful or was it a case of shoot one scene, use for all? 

Great to see how the Pros do it though.

Oh yeh, the wall at the end of the office, where the air con is could do with a dust off some time. 

John

[deesam56]

the firms should supply the certs, however some of them try to do it bellow cost then get the heirs to provide there own certs.

the certs would usually only be ordered after the heirs have signed.


list comes out Midnight on Wednesday (Thursday morning) they are in the paper 4 weeks after the advert on the web. hadn't seen it had changed. they are given to the papers a few weeks in advance and go in the legal and public section, there have been leeks in the past from the papers that is why they are on the web first.

yes we work DoL and DoC cases

so do you send originals through the post to the TSo and if so do they return them to you to dispose of

[FraserandFraser]

yes

[deesam56]

Neil
Is David Pacifico really that grumpy ?