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

Title in the Language of the Record
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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

How to Use the Record
The Urdu language script is read from right to left, as are the land ownership pedigrees. Records prior to 1950 are written in Urdu; thereafter the records are written in Punjabi.

Record History
Families and pedigrees are recorded in the land records. Extended pedigrees from biographies, some going back 110 generations to 2200 BC.

Why the Record Was Created
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, has initiated a centrally sponsored scheme to computerize land records. The centrally sponsored scheme on Computerization of Land Records (CoLR) was started as a pilot project in eight districts/states:


 * Rangareddy (Andhra Pradesh)
 * Sonitpur (Assam)
 * Singbhum (Bihar)
 * Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
 * Morena (Madhya Pradesh)
 * Wardha (Maharashtra)
 * Mayurbhanj (Orissa)
 * Dungarpur (Rajasthan)

Record Reliability
These records are very reliable.

Related Websites

 * History of Punjab
 * Land Records Information Management Systems S. Fawad Raza, Muhammad Almas, Kamran Ahmed. PDF Document of "Land Records Information Management System".

Related Wiki Articles
India Land and Property

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Citation for This Collection
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Punjab (India). Shajjra Nasb for Moga District. Moga District Commissioner, Moga, Punjab, India.

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