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The Uphams of Bicton

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  In search of the past:  Pictured  are George Martin and his wife Agnes in Fairlynch Museum's Local History Room “Who do you think you are?” is a question that’s increasingly nagging many people curious to know about their ancestors. The answer could well be hiding in museum archives, but a certain amount of skill and experience is usually needed to navigate one’s way through family trees with all those spelling variations and occasional errors. Since   April 2007, when the 12th archive Service Point in Devon opened at Fairlynch the Museum has held microfiche copies of original parish registers and tithe maps and apportionments for Budleigh and the surrounding area. Visitors from abroad often enquire at Fairlynch about their Budleigh ancestry. On 19 September, American George Martin, from Chicago , made a special journey to the Museum in search of information about his English family origins. George’s ancestor John Upham was one of a group...