This one thought is running continuously in my mind for almost an year now and the way this idea/requirement got germinated was....
Lost my father (Dad....I Miss You) in the month of May 2010 which of
course is a great personal loss to me and during the funerals and while
performing the last rites to him, had to include my Grand Father/Grandmother
and Great Grand Father/Great Grand Mother and of which i wasn't even aware of.
Fortunately for
me, my relatives were around and they helped me out with the names.
This led
me to think about my roots and started conversing with my relatives
which eventually led me to visit my native town FOR THE FIRST TIME.
My native
is a small village near Chengalpet, Tamilnadu and the elderly people there
still remember my forefathers and were genuinely shocked on hearing about my
father's demise.
They
showed me my ancestral home and also a temple built by my ancestors
for our family deity which is also the Village Deity.
These
were the eye openers which in turn lead me to search the internet for
information but there was none and that too specifically about ancestry in
Tamilnadu as we don't have any surname to identify the roots and family origin.
Many an
available websites, only encourages us to put in the details which might be of
use to the coming generations of ours, as with the common names and
without surnames cross mapping, with the past generations might not yield
result. (Specifically in Tamilnadu).
Basis
these, had started this startup and as of now it's going to be 2 (Myself and a
friend of mine who is also interested in history and research).
Our experience in
the last 6 months on identifying the roots had given us quite a knowledge and
the way & means of doing the same.
We are
yet to launch our website "Knowmyancestor.com" but had registered
this domain in my name.
We do charge our customers for the service rendered to cover
our transportation, stay and other expenses but would be nominal.
We got 2 clients to start with and we are confident on our
journey...
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