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Vanshavali, pedhinama, family tree
These terms are used more or less interchangeably for the same thing: a generation-by-generation record of the persons related by blood to a named individual, prepared so that a complete set of heirs can be identified. In Gujarat revenue practice the operative document is the પેઢીનામું. Full detail on the pedhinama process →
Where a family tree is required
- Varsai mutation of land or property after a death
- Release of a bank balance, provident fund or insurance where no nominee was registered
- Distribution of an estate among several branches of a family
- Widow, old-age and other welfare scheme applications
- Establishing entitlement where an ancestral property has passed through several generations without any record being corrected
A branch of the family that nobody has heard from for twenty years. A second marriage nobody wants to mention. A child who predeceased leaving children of their own. An adoption never documented. A pedhinama that omits any of these is not merely incomplete — it is the thing a disappointed relative will attack ten years later, after the property has been sold on the strength of it.
Name everyone. Where a branch cannot be traced, say so expressly and record what enquiries were made, rather than leaving a silence.
What we prepare
The notarised affidavit setting out the family line; declarations by individual heirs; no-objection and relinquishment affidavits where some heirs are not claiming; affidavits of sole surviving heir and of intestacy; and the supporting documentation for the revenue office. Drafted in Gujarati as a matter of course, because these documents are read by the whole family.
We do not publish duty figures on this website. The Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 was amended in 2025 and several articles were restructured; a rate printed on a web page goes stale and costs somebody money. As a Government authorised e-Stamping centre we confirm the duty currently prescribed for your specific document and issue the e-stamp against it, at face value. The notarial fee is separate and capped by law — ₹35 to attest execution, ₹35 to administer an oath or take an affidavit, under Rule 10(1) of the Notaries Rules, 1956. The full fee table →
Drafted here, in Gujarati or English
Drafted by an advocate of 35+ years rather than filled into a downloaded template, e-stamped at a Government authorised centre, and notarised in the same visit. If the parties read Gujarati, the document is drafted in Gujarati — not translated out of an English form, because legal Gujarati has its own settled vocabulary and a literal translation frequently means something looser.
What to bring
- Death certificates for every deceased person in the line
- Identity documents for all surviving family members
- Details of every branch, including members abroad or out of contact
- Any earlier pedhinama or family record
- Two non-relative witnesses who knew the family