History of family is generally by word of mouth only. Generally, we remember only up to third generation above or below- ascendants or descendants.
The Purohits at Hardwar(Uttarakhand) maintain family records of their Yajmaans generation to generation and they update by getting information whenever somebody goes there for last rites after death. There are similar Purohits at other places also.
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