{"id":4475,"date":"2023-07-20T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/international-partner\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:01:15","slug":"international-partner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/international-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"An international partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>More than 36 years on, with +250 employees, 46 offices worldwide and a massive investment in new technologies, we have created and developed:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In addition to a network of international contacts, our integrated international 15-person team who speak 17 languages (German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Italian, Greek, Moldavian, Portuguese, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian) can travel anywhere in the world to track down heirs in person.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/our-offices\/?region=international\">10 international offices<\/a><\/strong> : Argentina \/ Germany \/ Italy \/ Morocco \/ Poland \/ Portugal \/ Spain and Vietnam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Our proprietary ADD DATA database<\/strong> to optimize our research and supplement genealogy websites. It already contains over 500 million indexed data records and is growing daily&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We\u2019ve moved on from paper genealogical charts to a <strong>genealogy software program (TGD)<\/strong>, that allows us to build our genealogical charts remotely (including offline), to work collaboratively in teams, and to share our heir tracing results in real-time.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experience is recognized by many foreign clients (attorneys, administrators, specialists in escheated property or accounts, etc.) as well as by our foreign colleagues on every continent, who subcontract their searches to our teams. We are currently considered the international gold standard in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/services\/search-for-heirs\/\">heir tracing<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-container has-light-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional and ethical genealogists you can trust&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/our-commitments-and-fees\/\">Our ethical commitments<\/a> via the professional federations to which we belong such as <a href=\"https:\/\/genealogistes-france.org\/\">G\u00e9n\u00e9alogistes de France<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iappr.org\/fr\/\">IAPPR<\/a> require us to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Receive client funds in a third-party account at the Caisse des D\u00e9p\u00f4ts et Consignations, guaranteeing the security of client funds and their separation from our Group&#8217;s operating accounts&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take out professional liability insurance (MMA IARD No.127120688)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take out a financial insurance cover (with AMLIN INSURANCE SE No 2018PFC002)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be audited annually by KPMG to ensure that heir funds are properly accounted for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Internationally Recognised Expertise<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"14152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Probate-Industry-awards-2025-Probates25_International-probate-research-firm-of-the-year.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Probate-Industry-awards-2025-Probates25_International-probate-research-firm-of-the-year.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Probate-Industry-awards-2025-Probates25_International-probate-research-firm-of-the-year-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Probate-Industry-awards-2025-Probates25_International-probate-research-firm-of-the-year-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Probate-Industry-awards-2025-Probates25_International-probate-research-firm-of-the-year-662x372.jpeg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"14156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-662x372.webp 662w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes-1333x750.webp 1333w, https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remise-du-trophe-Best-International-Probate-Research-Firm-of-the-Year-ADD-Associes.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ADD Associ\u00e9s&nbsp;was awarded&nbsp;Best <strong>International Probate Research Firm of the Year<\/strong>&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<strong>Probate Industry Awards 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This international distinction recognises the expertise of the ADD Group in probate genealogy, and more specifically its ability to conduct complex investigations in an international context. It highlights the collective work of our teams, the global structuring of our organisation, as well as the human and technological resources deployed in the service of our partners and clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award provides additional reassurance to professionals who rely on us for cases with an international dimension, confirming the reliability, rigour and professionalism of our research methods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 36 years on, with +250 employees, 46 offices worldwide and a massive investment in new technologies, we have created and developed:&nbsp; Our experience is recognized by many foreign clients (attorneys, administrators, specialists in escheated property or accounts, etc.) as well as by our foreign colleagues on every continent, who subcontract their searches to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4475","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.add-associes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}