This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Forgotten Bank Accounts Fuel State Revenue Push
States race to recover abandoned funds from forgotten bank and nonbank accounts, insurance proceeds, and certificates. W.C. Fields anecdote aside, about 240 million dollars were seized by states in 1976 with 30 to 40 percent eventually returned, as agencies like Alexander Grant & Co aid in locating owners.
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New York
W.C. Fields
Figley E. Whitesides
Sneed Hearn
Fields
Albert L. Beerman
Alexander Grant & Co
Alexander Grant
Beerman
California
Florida
Midwest
Patel G. Jackson Jr
Bowery Savings Bank
New York State