India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees - FamilySearch Historical Records

Foreign Language
This section of the article is incomplete. You can help FamilySearch Wiki by supplying a translation of the title in Urdu here.

Collection Time Period
This collection of land ownership pedigrees from Moga covers the years 1887 to 1960.

Record Description
This collection contains land ownership pedigrees (Shajjra Nasb), kept by the state at the district level. These pedigrees show familial relationships of individual’s land ownership as it was passed from father to son. Records appear to be written in Urdu script, which is read from right to left.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in these land ownership pedigrees include:


 * Given and surname of top ancestor
 * Given and surnames of children
 * Type of land transaction
 * History of the village
 * How the subdivisions were named
 * Record keeper's name
 * Revenue collector's name
 * Date document signed
 * Name of the street, the village, district, and subdivision

But be warned:

There are some errors and failings for the existing system of land records:


 * Data is unsafe and stored in rundown conditions.
 * Maps do not follow cartographic rules.
 * Manually generated records have poor accuracy.
 * Approximate Measurements.
 * predictable mapping and the survey is slow and time consuming.
 * Records again need to be updated at the completion of survey.
 * System is complex
 * Data is widely distributed.



How to Use the Record
The Urdu language script is read from right to left, and so do the land ownership pedigrees.

Record History
The Colonization of Government Lands has proved to be one of the major factors in the development of agriculture in the province of Punjab and is a major source of revenue. It Plays a vital role in the economy of the Province. It has not only helped in poverty improvement and economic growth, but has also provided a system for changing the barren and sandy lands to be livable.

Families and pedigrees extracted from the land records. Extended pedigrees from biographies, some going back 110 generations (2200 BC).

Related Web Sites
History of Punjab

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Related Wiki Articles
India Land and Property

Sources for This Collection
“India, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees,” database, FamilySearch; from District Commissioner Moga, India. “Land ownership pedigrees for Moga District.” Moga District Commissioner, Moga, Punjab, India. FHL microfilm. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

"Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912" Sameer Ijaz, Sharjeel Ejaz, Advocate High Court, PDF Document of Colonization Themes, Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912

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 * United States. Bureau of the Census. 12th census, 1900, digital images, From FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: September 29, 2006), Arizona Territory, Maricopa, Township 1, East Gila, Salt River Base and Meridian; sheet 9B, line 71


 * Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886-1933, digital images, from FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: April 22, 2010), Baptism of Adolfo Fernandez Jimenez, 1 Feb. 1910, San Pedro Apóstol, Cuahimalpa, Distrito Federal, Mexico, film number 0227023