Qualifications

Fully experienced and accredited agent. Access to extensive collections of indexes; microfilms, C.D.Rom based records and to a network of professional genealogists with specialist interests. A very high success rate in finding living descendants, and missing "heirs".

Extracts from satisfied Clients

Originals are available for inspection.

Probate Genealogy:

Probate Genealogy research is a specialised discipline that lies somewhere between genealogy, private investigation and paralegal work. Genealogical skills are applied to identifying and tracing those people entitled to inherit from an estate.

Probate Genealogists are limited by law in who they can seek information on and they must obtain complete legal proofs for all events and events in order to complete a 'proof of kinship'

Where no Valid Will exists for a deceased person , probate genealogists follow the legal formula set out by the government of the state or country that the person resided in, to establish who the next of kin are and what their share of the estate will be.

Access to comprehensive Probate Records for the following:

• Victoria - Public Record Office Australia c 1840 - 1995
• Victoria Supreme Court 1995 - 2005
• New South Wales Supreme Court c 1800's - 2005
• South Australia Supreme Court c 1840 - 2005
• New Zealand Probates c 1850 - 2005
• English Probates c 1858 - 2005
• French Probates c 1858 - 2005

Genealogical Research Services include:

• Anglo Jewish Ancestry - particularly Australia, New Zealand and London.
• English Genealogy - All Counties, particularly London.
• New Zealand Genealogy - particularly records held by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists and Electoral Rolls, Births Deaths & Marriages, Probate, Divorce, Inquests, Shipping, school records, biography, published family and local histories.
• Victorian Genealogy - particularly records held by the Genealogy Society of Victoria and Electoral Rolls, Births Deaths & Marriages, Probate, Divorce, Inquests, Shipping, school records, biography, published family and local histories.
• South Australian Genealogy - particularly records held by the South Australian Genealogical & Heraldry Society and Electoral Rolls, Births Deaths & Marriages, Probate, Divorce, Inquests, Shipping, school records, biography, published family and local histories.
• New South Wales Genealogy - particularly records held by the Society of Australian Genealogists and Electoral Rolls, Births Deaths & Marriages, Probate, Divorce, Inquests, Shipping, school records, biography, published family and local histories.
• National Archives Australia - particularly WW1 & WW2 records, and Migrant records.

Researching your ancestry

Initially, I would target the establishment of your ancestry back to the year 1800. Every project is necessarily different and depends on factors such as:

• Quality of family legend,
• How commonly found the surnames are,
• Whether your ancestors lived in small towns or villages or were 'lost' in larger towns and cities,
• Ease with which the registrations of births, marriages and deaths can be located .

Depending on your present age, a period of 200 years probably represents 4-5 earlier generations - a total of 30-62 ancestors.

Allowing for searching birth, marriage and perhaps even death indexes and censuses and the cost of acquiring Certificates to prove each step, you will probably need to budget a cost averaging out at about $100 for each person in your Tree although this will vary in practice and will certainly be much less if you already have some of the Certificates.

Compilation of Ancestry Charts:

From your own input I will Chart names, dates, events and places and forward this to you upon completion.

Arrangements maybe made for regular updating. Fee - $100 (maximum 30 ancestors)

Note - an additional fee may be requested if the input material is not presented in an orderly manner. An updating fee will be required which will reflect the extent of the updating taking place

Fees

Use the form below, or email me with an outline of your request for research and I will provide you with a no obligation estimate of what may be required in terms of time and charges.