Families in Merseyside could be owed millions of pounds in unclaimed estates according to a list kept by the government.
Records kept by Her Majesty's Treasury at Gov.uk have revealed there are 60 unclaimed estates with links to Liverpool and the Wirral - and you could be entitled to claim them as your own.
These unclaimed estates mean that millions of pounds could be up for grabs if you can prove you are the rightful beneficiary to the estate.
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When people die without making a will, they leave behind everything they owned, including money, property, business, cars and land.
If no one comes forward to claim it then the money could disappear into the government’s accounts.
The Treasury keeps a list of unclaimed assets - and a significant number of them have links to Merseyside.
How can I collect an unclaimed estate?
There is a 30 year time limit for any estate to be claimed after the death of the person who leaves it behind.
Once you have established if you are able to make a claim all you need to do send a family tree that shows how you are related to the person whose estate you are trying to claim.
To check the database yourself and make a claim - visit here .
Who is entitled to collect an unclaimed estate?
If a person dies without leaving a will the following people are entitled to claim the estate:
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Husband, wife or civil partner
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Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
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Mother or father
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Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
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Half brothers or sisters or their children
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Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
Here is the full list of the 60 people who have died with links to Merseyside or the Wirral and their date of birth.
Place of birth: Liverpool
Mabel Curtis - 05/05/1909
John Duval - 11/07/1939
Peter Ellis - 26/09/1939
Thomas Griffin - 23/11/1947
Ian Philip Kelly - 30/03/1949
John Kelly - 19/12/1927
Trevor Allen Matthews - 28/08/1940
Marie McGowan - 15/04/1947
Frances Montigo - 05/05/1923
Yvonne Barbara Lillian - 21/02/1930
Margaret Rose Pahis - 02/11/1942
Dennis Thomas - 13/12/1939
Kathleen Mary Waddon - 09/08/1914
Norma Glynne Baker - 02/02/1942
Lilian Birch 22/08/1938
Christine Brown - 17/12/1941
Mary Brown - 21/02/1916
William Frederick - 06/02/1920
Phillip Charles - 02/11/1946
Anthony Eide - 25/06/1950
Freda Mary - 09/02/1925
Anne Jones - 23/08/1927
Rhoda Ling - 15/02/1911
Dyreck Littlewood - 12/05/1934
Winifred Luckman - 16/02/1911
James Christopher Lynch - 02/01/1928
Eileen Mason - 09/09/1903
Maureen O’Brien - 04/04/1938
Irene Jean - 10/01/1924
Phillip Parry - 15/02/1965
Christine Patterson - 21/11/1930
May Roberts - 30/05/1944
Terence Stanford - 08/10/1911
John Patrick Taylor - 04/09/1923
John Henry Walsh - 12/06/1907
Trudi Woods - 15/10/1966
Place of birth: Wirral
Phyllis Chambers - 16/07/1917
Derrick Coles- 30/01/1936
David Craig - 27/02/1935
Robert Fallowfield - 28/01/1944
Edith Margaret Goulding - 19/01/1928
Peter Anthony Hayes- 10/10/1927
Thomas Henry - 26/03/1932
Stephen DaleHoare- 30/05/1951
Irene Holden - 30/07/1910
Noel Johnston 25/12/1932
Sandra Denise Jones - 10/02/1960
David George King - 23/02/1953
Maureen Frances Oakes - 12/02/1944
Alice Audrey Owen - 29/01/1926
Margaret Perry - 17/01/1921
Marguerite Pickles - 14/02/1916
Jean Rutherford - No known DOB
May Stobbs 04/10/1904
Mark Francis Wilson 02/06/1962
Robert Wilson - 03/12/1915
Gaenor Clark - 19/10/1956
Frances Montigo - 05/05/1923
Andrew John Thomas - 02/11/1943
Place of birth: Southport
Philip Hogarth - 13/12/1959
