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One day, I might get back to doing my own genealogical research…. Haha! Who am I kidding?! Occasionally, I take five or ten minutes to look […]

Since 1858, applications for grants of probate or letters of administration have been made at either the Principal Probate Registry in London (now the Principal Registry […]

Nowadays, there are so many new words, phrases and sayings, I often feel old as I am not sure I am quite keeping up with the […]

Oh my….! I love it when a plan comes together but I love it even more when something unexpected pops up, I roll with it and it […]

I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself …. So, I have had minor lottery scratch card and National Lottery wins over the years but really, nothing […]

How many affluent professional genealogists do you know? I couldn’t name you even one. How many of those professional genies love their jobs though? Oh, I […]

Well folks, today’s blog is late late late. Muchos apologies but I have been busy (a) researching and (b) sharing my expertise and knowledge with the […]

Yesterday, I hope I managed to unpick some myths about probate research, or ‘Heir Hunting’. It’s a funny old business…. Someone dies and the world and […]

One of the many aspects of our work at FWL is that we are probate researchers, otherwise known now as ‘Heir Hunters‘. The television programme has raised […]