ISO Certification

Finders are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Total Quality Management certification and are the first probate genealogy firm to acheive the international version of this Standard as devised by the IAB (International Accreditation Board).

Accreditations

• Finders is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
  
  
• Finders are a checked and approved firm in the Expert Witness Directory
  
  
• We are Missing Beneficiary Indemnity Insurance agents for Aviva (formerly Norwich Union) & Authorised & Regulated by the Financial Services Authority... read more
  
  

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Heir Hunters – BBC Heir Hunters Series 3

• Observations on Heir Hunters, by Daniel Curran, MD of Finders International Probate Genealogists
  I was approached for the third time earlier this year to be a part of the BBC Heir Hunters programme... read more

Press & Media

• Heir Hunters Fees - The Legal Fee Options Available to Solicitors, Legal Representatives, Executors and Administrators when Instructing a Probate Genealogist to Find Missing or Unknown Heirs.
  Ensuring fairness and legality in the administration of an Estate... read more
• Lawfulness of “excessive and unfair Deferred Fees” Questioned.
  Finders call for protection for beneficiaries from secret deals being made without their knowledge or consent before they receive their inheritance... read more
• Association of Women Solicitors Magazine 2009 - 'Missing In Action'
  ...probate genealogists specialise in identifying and locating missing heirs worldwide for solicitors, executors administrators and trustees of estates...their stories [are] often fascinating... read more
• Law Society Probate Section Yearbook 2006 - 'Genealogists'
  ...[genealogists] charging on an hourly rate can lead to high charges, whereas the no-win no-fee contingency charging is preferable in many cases... read more

Finders Observe “Best Practice” & Keep Research In-House Whilst Others Seek Cheap Solutions Overseas

Finders were shocked to learn recently that at least one of our main competitors in the field of probate genealogy has taken the decision to send key legal research overseas to be completed, as a cost-cutting measure...

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