WHAT IS UNCLAIMED PERSONS?
Unclaimed Persons is a group of volunteer genealogists who donate their time and research skills to assist medical examiners, coroners and investigators to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals whose relatives have proven difficult to identify and trace. The group is a spontaneous outgrowth of a show of the same name on RootsTelevision.com that features a genealogist helping coroners’ offices. The show sparked a wave of volunteers to offer their services and resulted in the Unclaimed Persons community that now numbers more than 350 volunteers.