Hello everybody,
I found this website while trying to find some ropes on how to trace heirs of persons of Italian descent who died in the UK and left behind their estates.
After watching some episodes of "Heir Hunters" on BBC and finding out that there are quite a handful of Italian (or Italian sounding) family names in the list published in the "Bona Vacantia" website, I have been thinking about how to use my personal experience to track down possible relatives and descendants of the deceased, probably still living in Italy and totally unaware that a distant relative passed away in the UK and left them his earthly belongings.
The problem I have stumbled upon is that there is no trace of birth certificates registered in the GRO index for the majority of names that caught my attention (likely because they were all born abroad), and without knowing their age at death it's impossible to get their death certificate, and with it the precious information that could bring about the whereabouts of their respective place of origin and surviving relatives.
I am therefore willing to help any probate researcher who would like to join forces with me in unearthing connections between the deceased and their estranged families.
Best regards to all,
Arturo.
