ProSearch have sent me a letter and saying my dead father has 37 Shell shares

Uxb

I vaguely recall that when I swore the probate oath as executor in front of an independent solicitors (ie not the ones that were acting for me) I had to sign the will somewhere along the top or in the margin on each sheet.
This was in advance of the documents being sent to to the probate office by my own solicitor.

If you have probate then you will have the probate document which is a single sheet of paper.
Note that the sheet should have embossed on to it by indentation the stamp of the probate office issuing it to show that it is an original document and not a photocopy.

eddyinfreehold

IanManc ... I have written (what you quoted above) very badly. What I meant to say was the executors sign the will when you do the oath bit with your solicitor and an independent solicitor. In our case the 3 siblings as joint executors signed the margin. The independent solicitor countersigned and dated our signatures. Our solicitor sent everything to the Probate Office. Two weeks later we had the sealed grant of probate back without comment. Bit off topic here sorry.

Vortigern

ladaowner55 wrote: »

Equiniti Shareview were super helpful and said there was more shares for me to claim, a Total of £5ks worth.

Equiniti/Shareview is just one of 3 UK share registrars. £5k worth of shares is a pleasant surprise but given that ladaowner's father was a share investor he may also have held shares with the other two registrars. He should check for further shares with Capita and Computershare. There could be more shares to find.

The link below gives details of the three registrars and the Unclaimed Assets Register.

Tracking Down Lost Shares