Search for heirs (probate genealogy)
The search for heirs can involve both professionals (notaries, lawyers, estate genealogists, insurance companies, banks, property managers, etc.) and private individuals. The latter may request the services of a professional genealogist if they have a direct and legitimate interest in identifying heirs or settling the estate, in accordance with article 36 of the French law of June 23, 2006 on the reform of inheritance and gifts..
For private individuals, I am qualified to carry out in-depth searches to identify potential heirs, retrieving documents such as birth, marriage and death certificates, land registers, wills, marriage contracts, etc., and to validate a deceased person’s status as heir.
For professionals, as a subcontractor, I offer to search for and confirm unknown heirs and legatees, as well as to verify or establish the devolution of a deceased person’s estate.