Family Tree Ltd. of Budapest, Hungary is "Central and Eastern Europe's leading probate research organization" - according to their website, and I can attest it. They now sport a new design.

Perhaps it's more interesting that it is not only the website that went under changes these last years. The company started as a genealogy research service back in 1988. The changes of their website structure (moments from Feb 2003, May 2002, Jun 2000 - kudos to Internet Archive Wayback Machine) suggest a change in their portfolio. Genealogy looses and probate research gains importance.

Money talks, I guess? I recall an edition of the popular Hungarian programme "Frei dosszié" focusing on heirs research. It was estimated that assets in the value of some 10 bio Hungarian Forints (50 million US$) are delivered to newly found claimants per annum in Eastern Europe - or maybe in Hungary alone? I'm not sure. Either way, not bad :o.