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SOLICITORS

The Forensic Genealogists has been established to assist the legal profession in Ireland, the UK and globally to trace beneficiaries across the globe.

 

As a legal practitioner or probate solicitor, you may have estates, shareholdings, bank accounts where your files have not yet been closed. This may happen for any number of reasons but very often it is because a living next-of-kin or heir has not been found.

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In our experience in dealing with older, cold cases, we have usually be able to resolve complex cases and identify living beneficiaries in a timely manner. 

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You may have cases where beneficiaries have been located but, for one reason or another, you have been unable to contact them.  We are able to work with existing information and continue the research in order to trace and, where required, to contact beneficiaries on your behalf.

 

In other cases, you may have confirmed the identities of all the beneficiaries but, during the course of transmission or distribution of the estate (which may take from months to two or three years) one or more of the beneficiaries may have died. This may involve additional time in tracing their heirs before the estate can be distributed and the files closed.  We are able to do this on your behalf allowing you to concentrate on your own workload.

 

We are happy to discuss any missing beneficiary scenarios with you and will bring our expertise and experience to bear, along with our network of overseas resources,  to resolve these cases for you. 

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Disclaimer:

The information on The Forensic Genealogists’ website does not constitute legal advice. It is provided purely for general information purposes. No warranty either direct or implied is given in relation to all information on this website. We will not be liable for any editorial, technical, typographical or other errors or omissions within such information, nor will we be responsible for the content of  images or information linked to this website.

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Good research is not only dependent upon the experience and analytical skills of the researcher, it also depends on the quality of resources available. Your forebears may have left relatively little impression on historical record collections for all sorts of reasons, which can sometimes make it challenging to track them down. Many archival records, particularly those in rural Ireland, are often illegible, and sadly depleted with many having faded over time. There are usually multiple variations of surname spellings which may have been transcribed phonetically or completely incorrectly making the genealogist’s research less of an exact science.

For these reasons every research project undertaken is vulnerable to the occasional inaccuracy or discrepancy.   The Forensic Genealogists makes every reasonable effort to verify and cross-reference findings ensuring  the quality of our research is always to a high standard whilst complying with the Genealogical Proof Standard,. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of our findings where supporting evidence is incomplete, ambiguous or unreliable.  If you have any reason to believe that there may be an inaccuracy in the research, please email us with full details. We will then validate your query and will review your research project without extra charges.

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