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

Title in the Language of the Record
بھارت، پنجاب، Moga میں لینڈ ملکیت Pedigrees، 1887-1958

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.

For a list of localities currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

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)

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

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

Citation for This Collection
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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.

To find out what an English word translates to in Urdu, you can type in an English word at this website: English to Urdu Word Lookup

To search the collection select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the “District Office", ⇒Select the “Record type and volume number" which takes you to the images.

Look at the images one by one comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

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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