Finding my deceased brothers daughter

prem0132

DUTR wrote: »

Sorry to learn of your loss, you maybe going about locating your niece in a less effective way at present.
You said you recieved an email from the nieces Mum, so there is the 1st port of call for contact.
Just explain the situation regarding being a benfactor , and put the said sum in a trust account.

Reading between the lines it sounds like the daughter's mum is hurting.
I'm sure it will resolve in due course.

I appreciate your response but there is no way it can resolve, she did live miles away and the mum did not want my brother to have anything to do with her daughter. If she never put his name on the birth certificate, his daughter will never know and even if she found out his name from the birth certificate she couldn't find him and wouldn't know he died or had any family. I'm since married and my surnames changed.

prem0132

Sorry also to add, there was no will. He died too quickly for him to sign it. We spent nearly two years trying to deal with his estate through probate as her mum refused to sign for Her daughter to inherit.

Sorry it's just all a mess, but I will hopefully succeed eventually x

Fire_Fox

Search for the mother's marriage certificate, the indexes of births, marriages and deaths are public access.

Mrs_Supersaver_1

Hi, why not try the electoral roll in the area the mother lives? Good luck.

thorsoak

prem0132 wrote: »

Sorry also to add, there was no will. He died too quickly for him to sign it. We spent nearly two years trying to deal with his estate through probate as her mum refused to sign for Her daughter to inherit.

Sorry it's just all a mess, but I will hopefully succeed eventually x

What name did the mother use to sign the forms? Did she use her new married name?

LondonDiva

prem0132 wrote: »

I was desperately hoping the mum might allow us a picture or update on her as my brother had medical problems which are hereditary. Him and I wrote them all down in case she ever needed them I have no idea if she knows this.

Forget the issues about inheritance and pictures, this seems to me to be the most important aspect.

Have you actually emailed your former SIL to tell her that about the potential issues with your niece's health?

Once you have share this as a separate matter, you can take the time to pursue contact etc.

Grumpelstiltskin

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Search for the mother's marriage certificate, the indexes of births, marriages and deaths are public access.

As the OP said they are only online up to 2005, and it appears the marriage was after that.

As long as the money is somewhere safe and legal until she is 18, perhaps a solicitor will know exactly how this should be achieved then I can't see what you would achieve by making contact now.

Have you taken advice as to what the legal situation is if the person entitled is a child and cannot be found?

Any of the Heir Hunter firms would find her but they take a big cut.

Molly41

Have you tried to contact the maternal grandparents of your niece?

They will have the maiden name and may be able to act as
intermediaries if their relationship is good. I had to do this on behalf of my eldest son a couple of years ago as i had a niggling suspicion that his father had an inherited heart condition and I was right. I found the grandparents on F@aeB00k and they were very helpful. I now have a mobile number for the chap.

I have to say that I was very angry for many years and might have reacted similarly to the child's mum. Ads my son matured and became an adult I simmered down and now only smoulder gently. Having said that I was always very civil to my ex's parents and felt very sorry for them so it may well be that they may be the key to getting this business sorted. No mother in their right mind would decline an inheritance that could give their child financial security - especially in this day and age.

Fire_Fox

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

As the OP said they are only online up to 2005, and it appears the marriage was after that.

As long as the money is somewhere safe and legal until she is 18, perhaps a solicitor will know exactly how this should be achieved then I can't see what you would achieve by making contact now.

The OP is mistaken, what is on many family history sites are transcriptions not the original/ official indexes. The GRO indexes are far more up to date than that: may be able to get access via a major city library or larger archives or London researcher. It's years since I did any genealogy but you had to search by year and by quarter and then by surname within that, so four volumes released per year, but I think it's annual now.

TonyMMM

You will find the most recent GRO indexes at the following 6 locations:

Manchester City Library
Birmingham Central Library
Bridgend Reference and Information Library
Plymouth Central Library
City of Westminster Archives Centre
London Metropolitan Archives
The British Library