Saturday Brain Storming Thought (245) 19/10/2024

FAMILY TREE CERTIFICATE

A Family Member Certificate is a certification provided to the citizen by the government confirming and testifying that he/she is a member of a recognized family. A Family Tree Certificate, also known as a lineage or genealogy certificate, is an official document issued by the revenue department of your state in India. A Family Tree Certificate serves as documented proof of your family history, outlining generations and relationships between family members.

A Family Tree Certificate contains the details of different generations of a family and the names of family members, children, and grandchildren

Family Tree Certificate eligibility

Any citizen of India can apply for a family tree certificate

Members who can apply for a family tree certificate

1) Head of the family

2) Any related member of the deceased (Husband, wife, daughter, son or mother)

Information required for Family Tree Certificate

The following information to be provided to the revenue department

1) Applicant’s full name

2) Names of other family members who are alive

3) Date of birth of the applicant and all other members

4) Relationship of the applicant with the head of the family who has passed away

5) Occupation of all family members

Documents required for Family Tree Certificate

1) Address proof

2) Birth Certificate

3) Affidavit of family genealogy

4) Death Certificate (if any)

5) Relationship proof of family members

6) Aadhar card of all family members

7) Attested application form by a gazetted officer

8) Copy of the complete application

The process to prepare a Family Tree Certificate

1) Prepare the family tree structure containing the details of all family members

2) Get a stamp paper as recommended by the Tahsildar or sub-division office of the respective area

3) Take the printout of the family tree structure on stamp paper

4) Submit the stamp paper with the required documents and get the sign of the deponent

5) The public notary will verify the documents and get the sign of the deponent

6) The notary public will attest, seal, record, and sign the details in a notary book

7) After getting it notarised, applicants should get the attestation from the revenue department offline or online

The offline process to get an attestation from revenue department

1) Visit the Sub-divisional officer, provide the attestation for the family tree certificate application with the required documents and pay the fees

2) The respective officer or person in charge will check the application and documents

3) The respective officer or person in charge will provide an acknowledgment receipt and forward the application to the concerned revenue inspector

4) The revenue officer will attest to the application and issue the family tree certificate

The online process to get an attestation from the revenue department

1) Visit the official State/UT website (e-District Portal)

2) Register and log into the official website

3) Select the service option, Select Revenue Department, and select the Family Tree Certificate

4) Fill out the attestation for the family tree certificate application form, upload the documents, pay the fees (if any) and submit it

5) The revenue department officers will check the application and issue the family tree certificate

Uses of Family Tree Certificate

1) Setting property claims

2) Obtaining Death benefits or inheriting property

3) Verifying family lineage

4) Understanding family structure

5) Establishing legal heirship for inheritance purposes

Validity of Family Tree Certificate

Once issued, a family tree certificate is considered valid for your lifetime

It serves as a permanent record of your family lineage

Family Tree examples

1) Simple Family Tree

2) Ancestry Family Tree

3) Blank Family Tree

4) Graphic Family Tree

5) Four Generation Family Tree

Difference between legal heir and family tree

1) Legal Heir is only the wife and kids

2) The Family Tree includes all the members of the entire family

Importance of Family Tree

1) To help you discover your family, in turn, discover a bit about yourself

2) Family Tree compares historical records to the people in the tree to help you find sources for that person

3) Family Tree compares similar people in the tree and helps you find duplicate people, which you can merge

4) Family Tree provides messaging and collaboration tools, as well as free phone and email support, to help you resolve errors

5) Family Tree draws from family search enormous and growing database to provide record hints

6) Hints help you link to earlier generations

7) The memories section can help foster deeper connections to ancestors

8) You can preserve and share photos and histories

Proof Standards for Family Tree

1) Reasonably exhaustive research

2) Complete and accurate sources of creation

3) Through analysis and correlation

4) Resolution of conflicting evidence

5) Soundly written conclusion based on the strongest evidence

COMPILED BY:-

Er. Avinash Kulkarni
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Chartered Engineer, Govt Regd Valuer, IBBI Regd Valuer