There's an incredible oral tradition down in the South as well, the Helavas of Uttara Karnataka come to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPjnVX9mKg … Nomadic bards in a way, they've been recording genealogy across a few districts in the state for atleast a few centuries, I believe.
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Our family records used to be kept in Puri. But these will disappear in a couple of generations.
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it's not!! an older family member from my parents' village pole kept detailed records; he showed me ages ago. was amazing. was also men only
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Well not my family. Bunch of slackers.
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@SuMastodon Dr. Neil Rosenstein supposedly traces the Jewish Lurie family (which Freud descended from) 30 generations back to King David https://www.jta.org/2004/10/24/lifestyle/the-oldest-family-in-the-world/amp …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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