Records published by the Treasury have revealed that there are hundreds of estates waiting to be claimed from the government that were originally owned by people who died in Leeds. When someone dies without making a will or with no known family, their property is passed to the Crown in a process known as 'bona vacantia'. Their estate can include buildings, money or personal possessions, ranging from trinkets to vast property wealth. Only estates worth over £500 are included, as these are considered solvent. In most cases, relatives who can prove their connection to the deceased person will be able to claim, even if they aren't a spouse, child or sibling. Great-grandchildren, aunts, uncles and cousins could all be entitled to a share. If you notice a name on this list which you think could be a relative, contact the government's legal department by visiting https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-a-claim-to-a-deceased-persons-estate. You'll usually require documentation such as birth certificates and other records to make a valid claim. The list from Leeds includes estates which have gone unclaimed since the 1980s, and also contain the names of people born in Ireland, eastern Europe and the Caribbean - providing an interesting insight into immigration patterns in the area in the 20th century. The names are:- Gregory Anderson, 1949-2012 Viktoria Luisa Andjelic, 1913-1995 (born in Austria) John Arnold, 1909-2000 John Barbour, 1920-1992 Walter Barker, 1940-2010 Louisa Baty, 1899-1989 Maurice Raymond Beaumout, 1932-2006 Georg Belaj, 1918-2000 (born in Ukraine) Nora Ava Birkett, 1930-1997 David Blair, 1945-2010 John Booth, 1945-2009 John Brown, 1920-2007 Clarette Theodora Browne, 1918-2001 (born in Anguilla) Henryk Bryll, 1925-1999 (born in Poland) William Burlison, 1923-2012 Timothy Burnham, 1951-2013 Roland Burton, 1941-2002 Mary Butler, 1919-2013 Nanette Dorothy Carter, 1930-1999 Keith Clarke, 1937-1999 Charles Collins, 1901- 1988 (born in Ireland) Ida Inga Cooke, 1901-2003 Peter Crawley, died 2002 John William Curtis, 1921-2008 Withold Czepello, 1912-1993 (born in Poland) Jan Czyz, died 2002 (born in Poland) Dudley Emerson Daly, 1909-1988 Elsie Daude, 1928-2016 Kenneth Walter Davies, 1924-2005 Eileen Mary Davis, died 1998 Mary Devlin, 1935-2004 Grace Dickinson, 1927-2012 Nellie Dickinson, 1916-1987 Peter Anthony Donnelly, 1952-2016 Patrick Duggan, 1942-2012 (born in Ireland) Janis Dzenis, 1928-1998 (born in Latvia) Graham Stuart Ellis, 1931-2015 Thomas Ellis, 1933-2004 (born in Ireland) Martin John Fiscor, 1929-1998 (born in Hungary) Michael Anthony Fletcher, 1938-2015 Lorraine Catherine Foster, 1956-2015 May Freer, 1902-1988 Noel Patrick Galbraith, 1928-2015 (born in Ireland) William Garnett, 1921-1995 (born in Cuba) Dugal Gillies, 1918-1997 (born in Jamaica) John Gilmore, 1943-2011 (born in Ireland) Bernard Gilroy, 1931-2000 Rachel Goodwin, 1932-2015 Margaret Emma Grant, 1913-2007 Thomas Greenwood, 1999 John Lawrence Habshaw, 1938-2011 Norman Peter Hainsworth, 1926-2011 Kathleen Haley, 1901-1990 Philip Hall, 1948-1999 Frank Ernest Hammond, 1926-1999 Margaret Hanney, 1924-2013 Graham Harris, 1948-2017 Gwendolyn Hart, 1917-2013 (born in West Indies) Sarah Hartley, died 1997 Ethel Henderson, 1925-2011 Peter Clarke Higgins, 1927-2005 Harold Hinchcliffe, 1920-2006 Elsie Hodgson, 1897-1987 Ronald Howard, died 1997 Irene Hudson, 1924-2001 Nathan Isaacs, 1907-1999 Charles Stanley Jackson, 1928-1990 (born in Poland) John Michael Jackson, 1931-2015 Marie Jackson-Ward, 1969-2015 Peter James, 1934-1998 Harry Lewis Jones, 1920-1991 Henry Jones, 1944-2012 (born in South Africa) Mary Jones, 1917-2008 (born in Ireland) Owen Jones, 1929-2001 Terence Jones, 1939-2003 Antanas Karklinis, 1917-1997 (born in Lithuania) Melvyn Katchanofski, 1944-2017 Bernard Kelly, 1908-1993 Hannah Kelly, 1920-1991 Richard Kowcza, 1947-2017 Leona Alvarez Kruger, 1926-2012 (born in Spain) Algidas Kutkevicius, 1927-1999 (born in Lithuania) Joseph Lambert, 1906-1996 Edward Martin Landy, 1930-2013 (born in Ireland) Geoffrey Lee, 1947-2017 Neville Roy Lewis, 1936-1998 (born in West Indies) Charles Lonsborough, 1913-1996 James Jack Love, 1940-1997 Edward Joseph Lyons, 1931-2017 (born in Ireland) Ronald Mackie, died 1993 Anthony Mann, 1935-2014 Peter Mansfield, 1939-2015 Evelyn Mawn, 1901-1992 James McAleece, 1920-1994 Ian McAskill, 1922-2000 John McBride, 1935-1999 Stephen Gerald McDaid, 1929-1994 John McKenzie, 1914-1988 William McLaren, 1921-2010 Charles McLeish, 1918-1992 (born in Ireland) Robert McQue, 1909-1922 James Patrick McVeigh, 1926-2002 Margaret Metcalf, 1897-1990 John Millward, 1927-2007 Maria Miskiw, 1920-2005 (born in Ukraine) James Montana, 1957-2015 Peter Moore, 1931-2010 Raymond Alfred Morris, 1928-2004 Alan Alexander Morton, 1946-2013 (born in Germany) Patrick Murphy, 1933-2009 (born in Ireland) James Alexander Murray, 1936-2016 (born in Ireland) John Murray, died 2004 Wladyslaw Niznik, 1913-1989 (born in Poland) Ian Trevor Nowell, 1947-2017 Patrick O’Brien, 1946-2005 John O’Grady, 1921-2005 John Emanuel O’Hosi, 1925-2007 (born in Nigeria) Grethe Kathe Oldridge, died 1994 Anthony O’Shea, 1944-2005 (born in Ireland) John O’Sullivan, 1929-2008 (born in Ireland) John Patrick O’Sullivan, 1920-2003 (born in Ireland) John Christopher Pearson, 1926-1992 Lionel Perkins, 1948-2015 Patricia Perry, 1942-2017 Robert Pinnock, died 2003 Mary Pylypenko, died 1995 Benedictus Raguaskas, 1918-1987 Eva Ratcliffe, died 1998 Jaan Raudsepp, 1906-1998 (born in Estonia) Denis Rhodes, 1931-2011 Stephen Charles Robinson, died 2008 Joe Rooney, 1932-1999 (born in Ireland) John Routledge, died 1995 Alice Sadler, 1899-1994 Elmenia Samuel, 1915-2009 (born in St Kitts) Ronald Slater Sheriden, died 1994 Surjit Kumar Singh, 1952-2004 Agnes Smith, 1921-2010 Alec John Smith, 1901-1991 Bartley James Smith, 1892-1991 Charles Smith, 1920-1999 Elizabeth Smith, 1913-2006 Harry Smith, died 1994 Mabel Stansfield, died 1997 Alice Maud Stanton, 1899-1992 Oswald Stewart, died 1998 (born in West Indies) Marie Anne Svetovio, 1955-1993 Edna Sykes, died 2000 Esther Tallant, 1913-1995 Brenda Taylor, 1945-2010 Edna Walsh Taylor, 1922-1993 Eileen Taylor, 1916-1999 Irene Taylor, 1924-2013 Pearl Stafford Taylor, 1922-2006 Violet Teagle, 1902-1988 Catherine Thackwray, 1923-2014 Emma Thomas, 1916-2008 Robert Thompson, 1919-1989 William Thompson, 1927-2002 John Todd, 1909-1999 George Turner, 1911-1988 William Turner, 1920-1991 Sevasti Catherine Voulgaris, died 2000 Luka Vukotic, died 1995 (born in Yugoslavia) Doreen Walker, died 1998 Luke Whelan, 1933-1998 (born in Ireland) Irene Wilcox, died 1994 Denis Albert Wilkes, 1926-2016 Richard Wilkinson, 1929-2015 Michael Anthony Williams, 1944-2002 Reginald Williams, 1905-1988 Richard Winfield, 1953-2014 Martin Winkler, 1923-2011 Jenny Sarah Jane Winter, 1920-2012 Dennis Wood, 1926-1998 James Clark Wood, 1920-1999 Frank Wright, 1915-1991 Michael Albert Wright, 1934-1989 Salihu Ajadi Yusuff, 1947-2017 (born in Nigeria) Joseph Zlobicki, 1927-2001 (born in Ukraine)