Genealogy Chat

I agree with everything that Jonesey has said and sometimes, just for interest, find names on Bona Vacantia and try and trace them forward. Only this weekend I found three people on Bona Vacantia who had died recently (2012and 2013) and were in trees on here with the same surname as the GR members. I pm'd them this information stressing that I had no other interest other than my love of research.

So far none of the messages have been opened so maybe they are no longer members. I have in the past been thanked for the info and one person at least followed it up.

As you can probably tell I have too much time on my hands :-D

Golly I feel very rude and ignorant. My apologies to everyone who has taken the time to comment on my thread. I'm afraid life took over and I have not been on here for ages. But thankyou each and every one of you, I will now sit and read all your lovely comments :-)

I have read through this because I would like to do this, but to reunite families. I was thinking of all those elderly people who don't have visitors because they believe they have no family. Have no one to leave their money and memories to, and are lonely. My concern is that I could be leading unscrupulous people in the direction of elderly folk who then may get taken for a their money, rather than the family connection.
We see on Heir Hunters, some folk who didn't know they had elderly relatives, and would have loved to have known about them, before they died.
I would also follow Jonesey's idea of following local leads of people who died intestate.
I don't have the money to start doing this yet, but I will also be putting a certain amount aside for it, and if it ran out, with no income, I would have to cut my losses.

Thank you everyone for the input, I hope Karen does come back and take the advice, it was very solid!
Cas