Can’t locate wife’s late brothers daughter.

pothole70

My wife has probate for her late mother’s estate house and saving, no will was written.

Her brother passed away in 2016 and had two daughters, so the estate must be distributed to my wife, her sister and her brothers two daughters. We know the location of one of his daughters as they have kept in touch with the family. Despite asking around the family, calling old numbers and writing to her last address known no contact has been made. All we know is she lives in Scotland, and moved there when her parents divorced in 2002. 

Would any one know another way to locate her.

comeandgo

Have you tried googling her name or checked on Facebook?

pothole70

Yes we tried Facebook but she could have married and changed her name so no results found.

Cairnpapple

If you know a librarian or anyone who does genealogy as a hobby,  I would ask them to have a go. My sister is a librarian and has a slightly scary ability to find people on very little information.

Another possible route could be to ask on a Facebook group for her last known area. Or if you know or could guess what school she went to there might be a group for past pupils. 

If all other routes fail, there are probate tracing agents who will find people for a fee.

FlorayG

I presume you know her name, so you could post to Scottish newspapers asking for her to contact you?
I'm curious as to what happens to their share if the person can't be found but neither can you prove they have died?

Keep_pedalling

Try searching births deaths and marriages records to see if there is any record of their marriage and or death. 

Grumpelstiltskin

Keep_pedalling said:

Try searching births deaths and marriages records to see if there is any record of their marriage and or death. 

Problem is that for Scotland it isn't that easy for modern events.

Spendless

So the daughter you are in contact with has no details of the whereabouts of her sister? 

I think posts on SM with prev connections to where you're aware she's previously been are going to be your best bet in finding. 

BridgetTheCat

Have you looked for a marriage (or death) on Scotlandspeople.gov.uk? Both current and previous names are recorded and searchable, and you can narrow by area if you know roughly where she was living. Might not work if her surname is very common and you would need to pay £12 for a copy certificate to be sure it was her but you can search the indexes for free.

p00hsticks

I'v heard that the Salvation Army can sometimes help track down missing people

p00hsticks

FlorayG said:

I'm curious as to what happens to their share if the person can't be found but neither can you prove they have died?

I think the administrator would just have to hold onto the money until she is found. If she has died then what happens would depend on whether she died before or after her grandmother. If before then the money would pass to any children she had, and if none fall back into the grandmothers estate to be distributed among th surviving siblings. If she died afterwards then the inheritance would form part of her own estate to be distributed according to her will / intestacy rules.