Public Sector Services

Free ancestry look up for the Public Sector

Finders International work with councils, coroners, hospitals, housing associations and care homes across the UK and Ireland. We assist with tracing heirs to property, estates, assets and unclaimed funds, as well as locating next of kin to arrange and attend funerals.

How can we help?

How we can help the Public Sector?

We offer a range of free services to professionals working within the Public Sector, with the aim of reducing costs and improving time efficiencies.

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Global Reach

We operate a trusted international network for tracing heirs.

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Time needed

We can often locate next of kin within 24 hours.

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Vast Experience

Our team brings decades of combined experience in genealogy, probate research, and estate services.

We offer a range of services within the Public Sector Category

A free, quick and efficient service to trace next of kin to register the death, make funeral arrangements and manage any estate.

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Our service verifies the family tree prior to assets being distributed to assumed next of kin. A vital step to mitigate the risk and demonstrates best practice.

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Our free services to locate missing home owners, assists local authorities in bringing empty homes back into use.

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We provide a range of services to help you manage clients under Deputyship and Appointeeship, enabling you to carry out your duties effectively and efficiently. Services include: Missing Asset Searches, Missing Will Searches and Unoccupied Property Insurance.

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When our research confirms there are no next of kin, our charitable fund is available

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We provide expert-led training and ongoing support for public sector teams.

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Meet the Team

Katie Watson
Head of Public Sector Services
David Lockwood
Senior Public Sector Client Relationship Manager
Muhammad Uddin
Public Sector Development Manager – Empty Homes
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Amy Cox
Public Sector Manager
Adam Dean
Public Sector Manager
Rohan Corea
Public Sector Account Manager
James Booth
Public Sector Empty Homes Account Manager
Alec Rigby
Case Manager
Sophie Lamparter
Case Manager
Lily Manning
Case Manager

Client Stories

Eoin Brosnan, Brosnan & Co., Killarney, 2022
Sometimes in complex probate or conveyancing matters a standstill is reached where as a solicitor you are aware of surviving relations but for whatever reason there is difficulty in locating them. We have had a number of such cases and used Finders services with great success. The files would pretty much have been at a standstill for an indefinite period without the services of Finders who prepared a detailed professional report which greatly assisted the files reaching a swift conclusion.
Eoin Brosnan
Brosnan & Co., Killarney, 2022
Caitriona McMahon, Feran & Co., 2023
Thanks so much again for all of the very hard work expended by Finders on my client’s complex conveyancing matter, I was very impressed, as was my client, with the intricate detail into which the research went.
Caitriona McMahon
Feran & Co., 2023
Scott, California, 2024
I wanted to express my gratitude for help in recovering the records of my great grandparents for use in my father’s Irish Citizenship through descent process. We had some records, but they were not the type acceptable for use. Since these records were spread out between three countries, I didn’t have the knowledge or resources how to gather everything, or whether they even still existed. Valerie, and Lorna, were very helpful and acquired everything needed. My family can’t thank you enough for helping us in an endeavour that seemed impossible for us to do.
Scott
California, 2024
ROR Kildare
Huge thanks to Finders International Ireland and especially Maeve Mullin, Senior Researcher/Office Manager for discovering and researching a long lost relative we did not know about and who turned out to be a very generous benefactor. The legacy is such an unexpected surprise and appreciated in so many ways by everyone. Keep up the great work Finders.
ROR Kildare
Ireland
Solicitor, Cardiff Copy
Honestly, I thought the service from start to finish was excellent. I had given tight timeframes to find over 20 relatives, and they were all found well within the deadline.
Joe O’Shaughnessy, Aon
Solicitor, Cardiff
The team are knowledgeable and very courteous, explaining clearly what’s actually going on and what’s likely going to happen. My telephone calls were always answered promptly and if the person handling the case was unavailable, my call was returned ASAP to discuss any queries I had.
Cardiff
Solicitor
Solicitor, London
Great service throughout. They also found me 8 new cousins!
London
Solicitor
Raymond McAllister, Kent
Great service throughout. They also found me 8 new cousins!
Raymond McAllister, Kent
Beneficiary
Peter H Wood, Manchester
Communication was excellent. You did all the legwork tracing heirs to my late brother’s estate. It was a great comfort to the family.
Peter H Wood, Manchester
Beneficiary
David Morris, Shropshire
Very impressed that you found us! Excellent customer service skills, and enormously helpful in asking the right questions and giving the best possible answers. Thank you.
David Morris, Shropshire
Beneficiary
Ian Henshaw, Cheshire
Firstly, I was contacted out of the blue, so wouldn’t have otherwise known about an inheritance at all. Secondly, any email correspondence has been swiftly and professionally replied to.
Ian Henshaw, Cheshire
Beneficiary
Ian McClymont, Wigan
Very professional and kept me informed – thank you!
Ian McClymont, Wigan
Beneficiary

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