Five stages, handled with care.
A typical Haridwar case takes between four and ten weeks, depending on what you can share with us and the condition of the relevant registers.
- 01
Order a package
Choose a Haridwar package and create your case from any country. You will receive a case reference number immediately.
- 02
Complete the family questionnaire
A save-and-return questionnaire captures the names, places, dates and oral history that help our researcher locate the correct register. You can also record audio of elders directly from your phone.
- 03
Field research in Haridwar
Your assigned researcher meets the relevant panda families in person, requests the appropriate registers, photographs the entries and confirms the findings on the ground.
- 04
Transcription and translation
Trained translators manually transcribe each relevant page from the original script — often old Devanagari — and translate it into clear English. Every page is reviewed by our office.
- 05
Your secure digital family archive
You receive a final report, photographs of the entries, a translated family tree and any audio you contributed — all kept in your private case, to revisit, share and extend later.
To make a family-register search viable, the most important details are usually your family gotra and ancestral village. These help researchers identify the correct family line, record holder, and register tradition. If you do not know them, you can still begin — but the search may be harder and we may need extra information before field research can continue.
- • Ancestral village may mean the village your parents, grandparents, or earlier ancestors originally came from. Spelling varies — enter the name as you know it.
- • If the exact village is uncertain, the district/state, nearest town, or old family region can help.
- • Gotra may be known by elders, priests, family documents, wedding records, or previous family-register visits.
- • You can use audio notes if pronunciation or spelling is uncertain.
Some families' registers can be located within days; others take longer or cannot be located at all. Our packages include clear refund and conversion terms for cases where no relevant register is found.