This
web site is dedicated to our late father, Kizhanatham V. Athinatha Iyengar born in 1902, our father developed an
interest in his younger years to trace our family roots and record the
information for posterity. In pursuing his interest, he had numerous
conversations with several elders from the village to gather data about the
siblings of each generation along patriarchal lines. The project covering
several decades resulted in massive amounts of data which required careful
sorting and cataloging by family. The only tool available to our father at that
time was a portable typewriter. He painstakingly checked the validity of the
data from more than one source, sorted them out, and developed a comprehensive
recording system with cross-referencing features. Until his death in 1996 at age
94, he continued to devote considerable effort to refine the system in order to
make it comprehensible to anyone not familiar with our family history. As a
result of his labor, we are now able to share the history of our family that
spawns twelve generations and stretches back to 1760’s based on available
information.
When our father was growing up, the
village had no electricity and had only a one-room elementary school (Grades 1
and 2). Upon completion of Grade 2, students had to go to another city (Palayamkottai)
located five miles from the village to attend middle and higher school. Since
there was no public transportation between the village and the city, students
walked each morning and evening under all kinds of weather to attend classes in
St. Xavier’s High School (a Jesuit institution).
Following are two photographs of our father during his mid-career with South Indian Railways:
Although considerable work has been done so far, the family tree project is far from complete. Please feel free to browse among the various branches of the family tree. If you have more information about any of the families or individuals listed or if you would like to offer any additions or corrections to the information presented, please do not hesitate to send me an e-mail.
By Andal Krishnamurthy
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