Frequently asked questions.

A bahi is a traditional handwritten register or record book. In India's pilgrimage centres, hereditary priests have maintained family bahis for generations, recording ancestry, family relationships, ancestral villages and important family events. Bahi is pronounced approximately "BAA-hee".

Haridwar is one of the best-known centres, but similar records may also be maintained in other pilgrimage centres — including Pehowa, Kurukshetra, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Gaya, Nashik, Trimbakeshwar, Ujjain and Rameswaram — depending on the family's ancestral region and traditions. Our launch service specialises in Haridwar; where the supplied information suggests records may be held elsewhere, we will advise during the case review.

No. Success depends on the information you provide and the records held by the priests. If we cannot locate a register after the agreed search process, we retain £150 and refund the remainder of your package.

No. They are traditional hereditary family records maintained by priests. They are not government databases and are not legal certificates.

Photography depends on the individual priest's permission. Where granted, we deliver high-resolution photographs of the relevant pages.

We can request a remote update through Package 2. If the priest refuses the remote update, we convert the case to Package 1 and refund £100.

Most searches conclude within 4–8 weeks depending on the priest's availability and the complexity of the lineage.

Your one-time package fee covers everything — local research and travel in India, fair compensation for the hereditary priests who maintain the registers, transcription, English translation, a basic family tree and your secure digital archive. There are no hidden extras.