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The Difference between an Ancestor and a Collateral Relative

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The Difference between an Ancestor and a Collateral Relative

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Kemp and Associates is a forensic genealogy firm that helps to locate missing heirs for estates. Founded in 1966, Kemp and Associates also serves as a licensed private investigative agency and conducts searches at its own expense.

Kemp & Associates, which works primarily for attorneys, trustees, and fiduciaries, has access to a range of genealogical research techniques and sources to locate heirs. When conducting genealogical research, both ancestors and collateral relatives are often investigated. An ancestor is a direct relative such as a parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent. Ancestors are typically the most important pieces of genealogical research.

The research of collateral relatives, also known as cluster research, is often used as a supplement to the research of direct ancestors. Although collateral relatives share a common ancestor, they are not direct relatives. Collateral relatives include cousins, aunts, and uncles and can be used to identify ancestors who are missing and fill in research gaps.

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Hope4Utah’s Community Suicide Prevention Model

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Hope4Utah’s Community Suicide Prevention Model

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A probate research firm that utilizes forensic genealogy to locate estate heirs, Kemp and Associates has helped thousands of people access the money and assets due to them from ancestors’ estates. Bringing together a team that combines more than 500 years of experience, Kemp and Associates operates internationally. Beyond its work, Kemp & Associates supports Hope4Utah, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention and intervention.

To achieve its mission, Hope4Utah has created the Community Suicide Prevention Model, which operates on the concept that it takes an entire community to save one young person from suicide. The organization’s work focuses on training adults to develop a greater understanding of the underlying causes and warning signs of suicide, which helps them take action when appropriate.

In addition, the model facilitates the creation of partnerships with community mental health agencies to ensure the distribution of critical resources. These efforts are bolstered with a dedicated school training program that educates teachers on ways to identify warning signs and the steps to take. The peer-to-peer Hope Squads provide similar training to schoolchildren.

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On behalf of the team at Kemp and Associates in Salt Lake City, Utah, President Jeffrey Kemp and Vice President Daniel Mannix have donated $10,000 to Hannah's Hope Fund (HHF, http://www.hannahshopefund.org/). The donation will help fund a clinical trial to treat Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN), a rare disease afflicting young children that can be best described as juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

The trial will be underway this spring at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. "This clinical trial could have global implications. This novel gene replacement therapy to the central nervous system could have applications to other closely-related neurodegenerative diseases that affect thousands of people every year," says Matt Sames, founder of HHF and father of Hannah.

HHF was inspired seven years ago by Hannah Sames, an 11-year-old girl from Rexford, NY, who is afflicted with GAN. HHF has members worldwide, and is the world's only 501c3 Public Charity dedicated to developing a therapy for GAN. Private donations from generous companies such as Kemp and Associates have allowed HHF to drive therapy development at a rapid rate in order to save lives.

About Kemp and Associates

Since 1966, Kemp and Associates ( http://kempandassociates.com/) has specialized in international probate research and forensic genealogy. The company assists trustees, attorneys, administrators, and executors in locating and verifying an estate's rightful heirs and beneficiaries in the United States and abroad. Kemp and Associates is committed to reducing the number of estates escheated to the state to ensure that people's hard-earned assets are shared with the families they leave behind.

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Utah Firm Commits to Saving Children's Lives

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Rexford, NY (PRWEB) April 24, 2015 -- Utah firm Kemp and Associates has donated $10,000 to Hannah's Hope Fund (HHF). HHF is a nonprofit organization for children with Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN), which is similar to a juvenile version of ALS.

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Ensuring That Estate Heirs Capture Family Assets

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Read writing from Kemp and Associates on Medium. Kemp & Associates has an international probate research industry reputation extending back to 1966. Every day, Kemp and Associates and thousands of other voices read, write, and share important stories on Medium.

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Estates that are left without a will or heirs that are not easily located, the government may attempt to claim the decedent's assets. At Kemp & Associates, it is our commitment that these estates go to their rightful heirs.