Recovering and/or Researching Heir Property

[Anastasia Jordan]

Anyone here have any experience with recovering or making a claim to their family's heir property?

I was doing some genealogy research and discovered that one of my ancestors had extensive land holdings throughout my hometown (and was always in court for some BS).  I connected with a distance cousin and all was going well and open....until I asked about the land and permission to have access to the deed records that he had copies of.  

He went slient, lol.  

This is in an area of Alabama where if I request a title search, folks will be calling my phone (and the mayor with his nosey self) asking what I'm looking for and why.  Trying to go about this without tipping off the "good ol boys".  Not that I care. My family is just so nosey.

[Mark Pedroza]

Way back when a few years ago when I found out that probate was filed against my fathers estate, the distance to drive from Sacramento county to Contra Costa county was a pain to drive.

Through my attorney's suggestion I filed a Request for Special Notice.

This document (when I filed) gave me notice of every court-mandated document that was filed and was mailed to my residence.

(Notice of Probate, Order for Probate, Inventory and Appraisal, Creditors Claim, etc.,)

Perhaps your local county probate court house has some similar notification that can be mailed to you (or e-mailed) instead of physically making the trip..