Finders International

Finders International are an award-winning Probate Genealogy company that trace heirs to estates, property, and assets worldwide, and are well versed in assisting the private sector. Established in 1997, we are now one of the world’s largest firms in our field, with offices in Edinburgh, London, Yorkshire, Cardiff, Dublin, and Sydney. We have a highly motivated team of over 140 as well as a global network.

We work with Executry professionals, Solicitors, Corporate Trustees, and Accountants to locate missing heirs, legatees, and Legal Rights Claimants, and have a wide range of legal support services from Family tree verification to Overseas Bankruptcy Searches.

In the public sector we assist local authorities, coroners, and hospitals with tracing next of kin.

Our services include:

• Tracing missing beneficiaries to estates, property, and assets
• Locating next of kin to a deceased person
• Locating missing executors
• Locating missing legatees and residuary beneficiaries
• Finding heirs to unclaimed or dormant funds
• Probate Property sales, insurance, and property management services
• Searching for missing Wills and assets
• Overseas Bankruptcy Searches
• Repatriation of funds from abroad including obtaining Medallion Signature Guarantees, closing overseas bank accounts, selling, and transferring US shares, and obtaining foreign grants of probate

To see a full list of our services, click here.

We are the first probate genealogy company to receive the ‘Approved Supplier’ status and therefore we are offering Law Society members a 10% discount on all our fixed-price services. Simply quote the reference LawScot10 on instruction.

Recognition of our efforts have resulted in being awarded ‘Best UK Probate Research Firm’ at UK Probate Research Awards for 5 years running since the award show’s inception in 2019 and have also won the same award at the British Wills and Probate Awards in 2023 and 2020, achieving highly commended status in 2022 and 2021. Finders International has also won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award, an independent seal of excellence, which recognises businesses that consistently deliver a world-class customer experience. This is presented to businesses with at least 50 reviews in a year with an average Feefo Service rating between 4.5 and 5 stars.

We complete hundreds of pro-bono cases every year, helping with stories of reunions of family separated by war or forced adoption and reuniting people with family heirlooms such as their ancestors lost war medals or long-lost books.

For free advice or a no obligation quote, contact us today via the following:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7490 4935
Email: quotes@findersinternational.co.uk
Website: www.findersinternational.co.uk