Following are excerpts of letters
from Attorneys, Banks, Corporations, and Fiduciaries:
  • "My purpose in writing is to inform you how much your efforts were appreciated and what has happened since that time. I thought you would be interested in knowing that your efforts brought about a great deal of peace, happiness and pleasure to Jennie. Needless to say there was not a dry eye at the party and we here at the bank also have enjoyed her pleasure and results of your work. I thank you, and also on behalf of Jennie, I thank you."

    Bank Vice President / New Castle, PA / 6/4/86

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  • "In closing, I must say that I am most impressed with your services in this regard and am advising both my son-in-law, who is a lawyer and also my company's legal counsel that should they ever need to find some missing person, I could recommend [your] services when it comes to the United States."

    Executor / West Hill, Ontario / 10/22/86

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  • "We wish to thank you for your most efficient service in finding our missing Ms. B. I have received a letter from her in which she writes you did a 'fine job and were most considerate.' She is very excited about being in touch with her family again."

    Attorney for Estate / Marmora, Ontario / 6/9/88

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  • "We have now heard from the above beneficiary and are grateful that you were able to locate her."

    Attorney for Estate / Pinellas Park, FL / 2/28/89

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  • "You did a great job! I doubt that I will have to locate any more missing relatives but if any of my friends need a Special Investigator, it will be my pleasure to recommend you. Thanks again and God Bless!"

    Executrix / Washington, DC / 7/17/89

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  • "I am very pleased with your report that you have found missing heirs of Francis T..... who survived to the crucial date in order to inherit.... Again, we are very happy with the result and look forward to the documentation that will enable us to close the matter before the Orphan's Court."

    Attorney for Estate / Philadelphia, PA / 8/4/89

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  • "Thank you very much for letting me know the results of your diligent efforts. You are to be commended highly for your perseverance. I think you have done a truly wonderful thing."

    Attorney / San Francisco, CA / 8/15/89

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  • "I have your letter of September 2, 1989, and you are a true gentleman and I am, therefore, sorry to say that I already have information about Mr. H's holdings in S.R.R., Inc...." [And therefore no fee owed! - JB].

    Attorney for Estate / Cleveland, OH / 9/6/89

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  • "Thank you so very much in assisting us with regards to finding the B. Family."

    Executor / St. Louis, MO / 10/9/89

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  • "..... P.S. Since dictating this letter, I have spoken to [the missing beneficiary] and I have received your recent letter and bill. Thank you for your excellent work! We'll be paying you in full shortly."

    Attorney for Estate / Saco, ME / 10/11/89

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  • "There is no doubt that [the lost heir] has been found. [The executor] asked me to thank you. There is little doubt that we would not have found her without your assistance...... Should I ever lose an heir again, I will be sure to contact you."

    Attorney for Estate / Newfoundland, Canada / 10/16/89

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  • "We appreciate the efficient and expedient manner in which you handled this matter and if we are in need of these types of services in the future, we will definitely contact your office. Thank you again."

    Attorney for Estate / Taos, NM / 11/17/89

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  • "Thanks so much for your prompt help on this case. ..... I will be happy to relate my experience working with you to other trust officers in this area."

    Trust Officer / Roanoke, VA / 1/4/90

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  • "Again please accept my sincere thanks for your efforts in resolving this [lost heir] matter. Be assured I would contact you and recommend you should a similar circumstance arise."

    Attorney for Estate / Allentown, PA / 5/18/90

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  • "I would like to thank you for your services and for the fairly rapid resolution of this [lost heir] problem."

    Attorney for Estate / Mineola, NY / 5/23/90

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  • "I want to thank you for your prompt action in helping us locate these heirs in this estate. I appreciate your help."

    Attorney for Estate / Georgetown, OH / 6/11/90

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  • "Enclosed is our check in the amount of $ ..... representing payment in full for your services in locating the C. heirs. We appreciate your assistance in this matter."

    Trust Officer / Dyersville, TN / 6/27/90

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  • "I appreciate the efficient work you have performed. Hopefully, this reunion will be a happy one. I thank you for your assistance on this matter."

    Attorney for Estate / Angleton, TX / 10/30/90

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  • "Many, many thanks for finding Rochelle for you have truly relieved a heartache. I gave your name to my attorney should he have need for your services. I shall always remember your kindness."

    Executrix / Sarasota, FL / 11/16/90

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  • "Finally, I did speak with Attorney L. I informed him I was very pleased with your work and your professionalism and he seemed quite satisfied."

    Attorney for Estate / Lynn, MA / 1/23/91

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  • "Your report is timely and diligent and deeply appreciated. I was able to settle the will contest action on February 20, 1991, in large part due to your information."

    Attorney / Chagrin Falls, OH / 2/22/91

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  • "Great job, Josh!"

    Attorney for Estate / Washington, D.C. / 4/26/91

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  • "Finally, I am certainly aware of your extraordinary efforts and service in this case, and I would like to take this opportunity to express tremendous gratitude on behalf of both myself and the executor of the Estate. You have to be commended for a job well done, and you can be assured that your firm and your services will be highly recommended at every available opportunity."

    "I realize this estate administration and heir search has been quite complex, and possibly very frustrating for you. However, I do believe we served all of the beneficiaries to the best of our ability, and I would like to thank you for your patience, cooperation, and professional commitment to the resolution of this estate and applicable matters. You demonstrated unparalleled expertise in discovering numerous entitled heirs who would have otherwise remained unlocated, and I am certain each of them are as grateful for your assistance as am I."

    Attorney for Estate / Laguna Hills, CA / 6/1/91 and 7/19/91

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  • "Thank you for your reference with respect to this matter, and in particular for effecting a reunion of this family. If a similar situation occurs, you will certainly be the first person we will phone."

    Attorney for Estate / British Columbia, Canada / 9/17/91

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  • "Your assistance has been invaluable."

    Attorney for Estate / Hamilton, Ontario / 10/23/91

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  • "Josh, Thanks for your excellent service."

    Attorney for Estate / Golden, CO / 11/4/91

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  • "We are very grateful for the excellent and extremely prompt response to our request for assistance. As you know, it was important that we locate all of these people before the end of the calendar year, and thanks to your help, we were able to meet that deadline."

    Attorney, Class Action Suit / Chicago, IL / 12/19/91

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  • "We accept your proposal.... Thanks to your efforts, all other retirees have been found. Thank you again for your invaluable assistance."

    Attorney / New York City, NY / 1/6/92

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  • "It was a pleasure working with you."

    Attorney for Estate / Sebastopol, CA / 2/13/92

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  • "Please find a check for $_____ enclosed for your capable services. Needless to say, we are very pleased with your productive sleuthing. We certainly will pass on your asset retrieval assistance to others in this area."

    Satisfied Customer / Aiken, SC / 3/16/92

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  • "We wish at this time to thank you for your assistance pertaining to the estate of D.K.M."

    Attorney for Estate / Albemarle, NC / 3/24/92

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  • "Thank you for your successful efforts in locating Alan. We've spoken on the 'phone. Alan assumed everyone back home forgot about him. Now he knows differently!"

    Attorney (now Judge) / Reading, PA / 3/25/92

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  • "Check for $_____ enclosed. Thank you for locating this heir."

    Attorney / Asheville, NC / 4/13/92

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  • "Again, I want to express our satisfaction with the job that your company did for this estate. Additionally, you and your staff were very pleasant to deal with over the telephone and through correspondence. Should this office need heir locator services in the future, we will be certain to contact your firm. Thank you again."

    Attorney for Estate / Knoxville, IA / 5/1/92

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  • "I commend you and your firm for your efforts and cooperation in resolving this [lost heir] matter."

    Trust Officer / Prescott, AZ / 5/5/92

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  • "Enclosed please find a copy of your bill and our check to pay that bill. I am sorry it took so long to pay, but we just finished the legal proceedings determining the heirs to the Estate, and getting an order to distribute funds. I appreciate the good work you did for us, and will keep you in mind in the future if I again need such services."

    Attorney / Saint Louis, MO / 5/7/92

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  • "Thank you for your considerable efforts in this action and your assistance in locating the shareholders in this case."

    Attorney, Class Action Suit / Des Moines, IA / 5/22/92

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  • "Please find enclosed a check from our trust account.....payment in full of your fee for locating W.D.J. Thank you for your assistance in this matter."

    Attorney for Estate / Golden, CO / 6/16/92

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  • "With this check closing the Arkansas bank account we are coming to the end of this encounter. It has been happy, sad and very frustrating, but I am glad to have met and to have had a very pleasant relationship with you."

    Administrator of Estate / Oklahoma City, OK / 6/27/92

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  • "I appreciate your assistance in this [lost heir] matter."

    Attorney for Estate / Concordia, KS / 7/9/92

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  • "I appreciate your success in locating the heirs of George A. ....."

    Attorney for Estate / Decatur, IN / 7/10/92

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  • "We appreciate your assistance in helping us conclude this [lost heir] matter."

    Trust Officer / Sedona, AZ / 7/13/92

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  • "It has been a pleasure working with you on this Estate, and we look forward to future endeavors."

    Attorney for Estate / Monticello, NY / 7/31/92

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  • "Thank you for your cooperation in this matter [locating missing plaintiff]....."

    Attorney for Plaintiff / Allentown, PA / 8/11/92

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  • "Your report on the Rhode's heirs is amazingly clear, all things considered, and your time and effort are not unappreciated."

    Attorney for Estate / Lynn, MA / 9/3/92

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  • "Thank you very much for the certified copy of [the] death certificate. This will enable me to clear up my little sister's estate."

    Executrix / Surfside, FL / 12/29/92

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  • "Enclosed is your check ..... for services rendered. Thank you for all of your thorough and careful work in handling this claim for Mr. M.....'s estate. I would be happy to recommend you to anyone for this kind of service. Sincerely,"

    Attorney for the Estate / Walnut Creek, CA / 1/26/93

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  • "We are pleased to enclose our Trust Department check .... made payable to you for your services in locating the remaining beneficiary of the above referenced account..... Thank you for your assistance and your patience; it was a pleasure to work with you."

    Bank Vice President / Wilmington, DE / 2/23/93

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  • "This concludes our work in behalf of the estate. It was a pleasure to work together with you in locating Mrs. F...... Should you ever require the services of an attorney in New York City, please feel free to contact us."

    Attorney / New York City, NY / 3/22/93

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  • "Enclosed is our check ..... payable to Josh Butler as finder's fee in the captioned matter. We are impressed with the promptness at which you found this individual....."

    Senior V. P. and Senior Trust Officer / Bartlesville, OK / 4/7/93

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  • "Thank you for your attention to our problem with locating the heirs of Gordon P...... You and your staff were prompt and efficient. Winding up the estate has taken longer than I anticipated and I appreciate your patience. I have enclosed a check .... as payment for your services."

    Trust Officer / Charles Town, WV / 5/5/93

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  • "I am very pleased to enclose a check .... representing your fee with the above-captioned trust. As you know, your services in this matter have been exemplary. It has been a pleasure working with you, Dawna Molter, Karen Radovic, Jennifer Thomson, and the other people in your company. I wish you all the best of luck in the future!"

    Attorney / Philadelphia, PA / 5/13/93

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  • "In the forty-seven years since Pippin's death, his paintings were dispersed all over the United States and abroad. The monumental task of relocating them has been facilitated by numerous individuals. Josh Butler and Company and his associate Jennifer Thomson, deserve their names up in lights for their pro bono services in the search for heirs of Pippin's early collectors."

    From Foreword of the book Horace Pippin by Judith Stein / 5/20/93
    Adjunct Curator, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts / Philadelphia, PA

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  • "To Josh Butler: Thank you!"

    Bank Trust Officer / Seattle, WA / 5/25/93

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  • "I was very impressed with your prompt and thorough search, and obvious positive results, and thank you very much for your assistance."

    Bank Vice President / Cleveland, OH / 6/2/93

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  • "We greatly appreciate your help in this [lost heir] matter."

    Attorney / Kittanning, PA / 6/3/93

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  • "On behalf of my clients, I want to thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Naturally, without you, there would be no ultimate pay off with respect to this situation. Thank you for your cooperation."

    Attorney / New Kensington, PA / 6/11/93

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  • "Thank you for your ever pleasant cooperation. Please tell Mr. Butler that we will not hesitate to contact your company should we need this type of service again."

    Paralegal / Honesdale, PA / 7/2/93

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  • "Enclosed please find your check .... for genealogical services performed in the above styled cause. Again, I thank you for your cooperation and excellent work in this matter."

    Attorney / Fort Lauderdale, FL / 7/14/93

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  • "Thank you for your services and patience."

    Attorney / Belle Plaine, IA / 7/23/93

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  • "This office was very pleased with the efficient and thorough service you provided. We have placed the company name in our "expert" file; should we again find ourselves in need of such services we would, without hesitation, contact you. Please convey our satisfaction to both Beth Montgomery and Mr. Butler."

    Paralegal / Honesdale, PA / 7/27/93

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  • "On behalf of my client, thank you for all of your help and hard work in getting this finalized."

    Attorney / Snyder, NY / 8/3/93

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  • "Thank you very much."

    Attorney / New York, NY / 9/7/93

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  • "Thanks once again for your fine assistance."

    Bank Vice President / Cleveland, OH / 10/6/93

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  • "It has been a pleasure working with you, and I look forward to hearing from you again when you have business in New Hampshire."

    Attorney / Manchester, NH / 10/12/93

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  • "I am glad that you are pleased with the initial results from our joint project. I am also pleased with the competence of you and your staff, and the good working relationship which is developing between your staff and mine."

    Attorney / Hilo, HI / 10/15/93

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  • "Again, thank you for your assistance in this matter."

    Attorney / St. Louis, MO / 10/19/93

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  • "Thank you very much for an extraordinary job in this affair and for your help to me settling this estate."

    Attorney / Uhrichsville, OH / 11/2/93

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  • "Thanking you once again for your patience and indulgence. We remain yours very truly."

    Attorney / Goodland, KS / 11/29/93

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  • "This is long overdue thanks to you for your letter of October 21 with regard to the Estate of _____. You and your organization have given us tremendous help and excellent service in each of the above estates and we hope that we will have opportunities to refer more cases to you in the future...... Again many thanks for all of your help in the past and we will look forward to working with you again in the future."

    Attorney / Philadelphia, PA / 12/15/93

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  • "Thank you for your excellent services in locating Pamela _____, an heir to the Estate of _____."

    Attorney / Hazelton, PA / 2/17/94

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  • "Initially, I want to thank you for the prompt work in finding the missing heir in this matter. We have been able to go forward with the final steps necessary to close the Estate. Pursuant to the agreement between the Estate and Josh Butler & Company, Inc., I have enclosed a Cashier's Check in the amount of $_____ and representing payment in full of your 20% finder's fee. For your records, I have enclosed a copy of the final accounting for the Estate. Additionally, I have enclosed an accounting of the respective distribution to the missing heir, Joyce A. M. Your service in this matter has been appreciated."

    Attorney / Des Moines, IA / 4/8/94

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  • "Many thanks for your professionalism and patience."

    Attorney / Clearfield, PA / 5/27/94

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  • "Thanks once again for your fine assistance in this regard, and I look forward to working with you in the future."

    Bank Vice President and Manager / Cleveland, OH / 8/30/94

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  • "Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to using your services again. Please feel free to call me if you should have any questions."

    Attorney / Des Moines, IA / 9/8/94

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  • "At this time I would like to thank you and your staff for the prompt attention given to this matter and especially Jennifer Thomson for her dedicated efforts in resolving our difficult search request."

    Attorney / Woodbury, NY / 10/11/94

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  • "Thanks for your help."

    Office Manager, Law Firm / Hilo, HI / 11/14/94

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  • "Pursuant to the written agreement dated February 1, 1993, between your agency and Mr. and Mrs. John C. S. regarding the finder's fee for locating their son M. so he could receive his inheritance from the estate of Milos F. T., I enclose our firm trust check in the amount of $_____, which represents your firm's finder's fee of 20% of the gross value of M.'s inheritance of $_____ from the T. estate."

    Attorney / Junction City, KS / 11/22/94

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  • "I believe that the receipt of the death certificate for Ms. D. completes the work of Josh Butler & Company on this matter. Once again we appreciate very much the fine work you have done for us. We look forward to receiving your bill in the amount of $_____, as agreed. Many thanks again."

    Attorney / Philadelphia, PA / 4/12/95

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  • "Enclosed, with much appreciation for your good work, is an estate check in the amount of $_____ in full payment of your invoice of April 11, 1995 for research to locate the legatees in the above estate."

    Attorney / Philadelphia, PA / 4/17/95

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  • "Thank you for your assistance and cooperation in this matter."

    Attorney / Toledo, IA / 4/20/95

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  • "Enclosed is a trust check in the amount of $_____ to cover the cost of your services in locating the two missing grandsons of the above-named decedent. We appreciate the fine work you have done on this project, and also appreciate receiving an invoice for less than the "not to exceed" amount previously quoted! Thanks again for your help on this project."

    Attorney / Portland, ME / 4/20/95

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  • "Thank you very much for your assistance in locating Mr. N."

    Attorney / New Albany, IN / 4/25/95

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  • "Thank you for referring this matter to me, and I look forward to working with you again on future matters."

    Attorney / Manchester, NH / 5/1/95

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  • "I have your faxed communication in connection with the above named search and I am pleased to acknowledge the fact that you have found this missing heir. Accordingly, you will find enclosed our check for $_____, which constitutes the fee which was agreed upon at the outset of this search. I want to congratulate you, not only for being able to locate the missing heir, but to be able to do so in such a short time."

    Attorney / Oakland, IA / 5/9/95

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  • "I received both faxes you sent today -- what great news! I really appreciate your quick action on this matter. In the course of our business of remaking these pictures we have, and will continue to, come across problems such as the one for which we are currently engaging your services. Because of your prompt and promising progress on "_____" we would like to develop an ongoing relationship with your company."

    Senior Associate, Legal Affairs for Major U.S. Film Production Company / Los Angeles, CA / 11/13/95

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  • "We would not have been permitted to administer the assets without them."

    Attorney for the Estate / New York, NY / 3/12/96

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  • "Josh Butler & Company, Inc. and its Karen Radovic, Administrator and Vice President of the Corporation, did an exceptionally fine job in locating you within thirty days after they were given the go ahead. It is positively amazing the rapidity in which they worked and the success they had.....
    With the lapse of time, and the necessity for expertise in tracing missing persons, I recommended to Mr. Z____ that he indeed contact Josh Butler & Company, Inc., which he did within the past month. The rest is common knowledge to you, Karen Radovic, and myself. I am very much impressed with the company's locating you in such a short period of time.....

    In closing, I am going to send copies of this letter to Karen Radovic and to Mr. Z_____ as they are the principals involved."

    "Karen, Thank You!!, CRT (Handwritten on bottom of typed letter).

    Letter to Missing Trust Beneficiary from former Trust Officer
    and current practicing Attorney / Kinsman, Ohio / 5/8/96

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  • "Thank you for your recent letter dated 5/9/96 and the enclosures. I was truly impressed with the photocopies of the excerpts from the favorable letters."

    Trust Officer / Long Beach, CA / 5/14/96

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  • "Dear Karen - JOSH BUTLER & COMPANY ARE TRULY MAGICIANS! The locating of these heirs is absolutely superior."

    Trust Officer / Long Beach, CA / 5/16/96

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  • "Were it not for the magical efforts of Josh Butler & Company, Inc., I would never have found you."

    Letter to Beneficiary from Trust Officer
    Long Beach, CA / 5/16/96

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  • "Thank you very much for finding Mr. O...... Now this phase of activity is finished."

    Executrix / Ava, MO / 5/31/96

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  • "I must admit that I never thought we would find you! I wrote several letters to different addresses furnished by your family but all of my letters were returned. Before giving up, I employed the firm of Josh Butler & Company, Inc. to locate you. They did a marvelous job."

    Letter to Missing Heir From Estate Attorney /
    Mishawaka, IN / 6/13/96

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  • "Jennifer (and all my other new friends at Josh Butler) Thanks for your extraordinary help in this matter. We were going in small circles until we retained you. Great work!

    Estate Attorney / Mishawaka, IN / 6/13/96

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  • "I am in receipt of your letter dated 4/22/96 and I want to thank you and your company for all of your efforts in connection with this search. I am sorry you were not able to locate her, but I appreciate the fine job you did."

    Attorney / Mishawaka, IN / 6/28/96

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  • "Congratulations on your successful search for the three Johnsons."

    Trustee / Annandale, Virginia / 9/12/96

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  • "We thank you for your assistance in this matter."

    Solicitor / Thunder Bay, Ontario / 10/2/96

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  • "Thank you again and please thank the researcher concerned who I believe was Marjie."

    State Trustees / Melbourne, Australia / 10/30/96

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  • "I must tell you Attorney S_____ and I were quite impressed that you were able to locate the missing heirs so quickly. Should we ever be in need of your services in the future, we will not hesitate to contact you. Thanks again.

    Attorney for Estate / Northampton, MA / 11/26/96

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  • "Thank you very much for your assistance, we will let you know if we can use your excellent services in the future."

    Attorney for Estate / Goodland, KS / 4/4/97

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  • "Thank you for all of your efforts."

    Attorney for Estate / Salem, New York / 07/07/97

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  • "Thank you for all your help. The estate is now closed."

    Attorney for Estate / Chesapeake, OH / 08/26/97

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  • "Thank you for all of your assistance in the search for the heirs of "...". You have done a tremendous job, I only wish I had contacted you sooner!

    My best wishes to all of you at Josh Butler for a wonderful holiday season."

    Assistant Vice President of a National Bank / Richmond, VA / 12/16/97

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  • "Good job!"

    Estate Attorney / Vista, CA / 6/30/98

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  • "Again I want to thank you for all your help. If we are successful, it will be due in no small part to your help along the way."

    Attorney Wishing to Locate Medal of Honor Winner's Children / New York, NY / 7/23/98

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  • "With many thanks for your good work in locating the heirs for us."

    Estate Attorney / Philadelphia, PA / 8/21/98

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  • ".....the individual listed as present whereabouts unknown ..., and remained undiscovered despite the best efforts and due diligence of the Executor to locate him. Thereafter, the Executor contracted with the Josh Butler Company, famed probate researchers, to locate [the missing beneficiary]. The Butler Company fully performed under their agreement with the Executor and, despite considerable difficulty, located [him]."

    Excerpt from the Final Accounting and Report of an Estate
    Submitted to the Superior Court of CA by the

    Attorney for the Executor / San Francisco, CA / 10/30/98

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  • "Thank you."

    Estate Attorney / Binghamton, NY / 11/5/98

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  • "Enclosed find the check in payment for your labors in locating [the beneficiary]. The biography of this young man read like a soap opera. I know the decedent would have been very pleased to know that her gift to what had been a "present whereabouts unknown" beneficiary linked up with its intended recipient.

    I know [the beneficiary] will be able to put his small inheritance to good use. Of greater importance is the fact that your firm's work successfully brought [the beneficiary] and his extended family in touch with one another.

    Thanks for all of your sleuthing. You may be certain that I will not hesitate to use your firm again should the need arise."

    Estate Attorney / San Francisco, CA / 11/24/98

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  • "Again may I commend you on the fine job your organization did in researching this account and the wealth of information you supplied us. The family tree made our job less difficult in identifying the beneficiaries.

    Again, thank you for your services and I will of course recommend you to anyone in my department that my require this type of service."

    Trust Officer / Cleveland, OH / 12/10/98

    Would you like to see the full text of any of these letters? Just ask. A full photocopy will be provided immediately, complete with names and addresses. These letters are unsolicited.



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