# Jewish Lost Assets

> Jewish Lost Assets (jlostassets.org) is a small specialist team based in Israel that searches historical records of land purchased in Eretz Israel between the 1920s and the 1950s by Jewish buyers living abroad — often a great-grandfather or distant uncle. It is not a genealogy service. The initial search has no charge; if relevant documents are found, the client receives a preliminary summary and a clear quote and then decides whether to proceed. No findings — no fee.

Audience: Jewish families and heirs in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, and attorneys handling inheritance, succession and probate matters involving land in Israel.

Contact: info@jlostassets.org · Inquiry form: https://jlostassets.org/#inquiry

## Key pages

- [Home](https://jlostassets.org/): what the service does and who it is for
- [How it works](https://jlostassets.org/#how): send what you know → archival search → preliminary summary and quote → client decides
- [For attorneys](https://jlostassets.org/#inquiry): archival evidence for inheritance, succession and probate proceedings
- [FAQ](https://jlostassets.org/#faq): genealogy vs land search, fees, information needed, expropriation, attorneys, location

## Facts

- Period covered: land purchases from the 1920s to the 1950s in Eretz Israel (British Mandate Palestine and early Israel).
- What happened to such land varies: some was expropriated or nationalised, some remains registered in the original purchaser's name, and some passed through inheritance without the family knowing.
- Information needed to start: the purchaser's first and family name, where they lived at the time of purchase, and any family memory (letters, photos, approximate years, places mentioned).
- Fees: no charge for the initial search; invoicing only if verified relevant documents are delivered and the client chooses to proceed.
- No outcome, ownership or financial recovery is guaranteed.