Trace a freeholder, property owner, or someone named on a title deed

Tracing freeholders or someone who has previous connections to a property of interest can sometimes be a tricky task. Most of the searches supplied to us have little details other than a copy of a title which usually just has a name on form anything up to 50 years ago.

There are different tactics used to undertake this search but all start with the same initial goal, KNOW YOUR CRITERIA.

We need something about the person we are tracing that distinguishes them from everyone else, we have the name but what we really need to know is a birth-date or something else that will say this is the person who owned that property and not simply someone who shares the same name.

This is often not a straight forward task and often needs enhanced searches to accomplish. I have listed some of the methods that may reach that end goal

Historical occupancy

Looking at the address we can often see previous occupants who have lived there. These are often supplemented with birth-dates or co occupants. Either these can be a key to locating a current address.

Address links

Our enhanced data-sets searches can often establish address links from one property to another. They don’t even need to have lived at this address but would have left some sort of footprint.

Name match searches

If the name is not common or we have two people names at the address, we can then move forwards with a name match search. This not a sure thing! We would need to undergo a process of elimination which may involve speaking to the person or connected occupants to confirm a connection to our main address of interest.

This type of people tracing is often passed to our tracing agent experts. You can fill in our online form at www.peoplelocation.co.uk or call us direct on 0208 390 1703