For families with roots in rural Tamil Nadu or Kerala dating back 300–500 years, the Karisiriyana is often the only surviving document that links modern individuals to their ancestors. Standard birth/death certificates do not exist for pre-colonial India. However, the Karisiriyana PDFs, when scanned correctly, show who owned which well, who built which tank, and who married into which family.

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