How do start to research old stock certificates from 1917?

Answer 1

You could spend a lot of time researching through databases that track corporate changes and put together what the remnants of your 1917 corporation is. Or you could pay a professional firm to do it, try www.oldcompany.com or http://www.stockresearch.pro/.

Be careful with some other stock research services that are not members of the Better Business Bureau, have little business experience and claim to be experts in collectible stock and bond certificates. Many of these so called experts have little experience in determining whether your old company stock has real value as a collectible or redeemable security. Always check to see what the Better Business Bureau says about them.