Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 9
Title
Personal papers and family genealogy
Date(s)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1929-2018)
Archival history
The estate of Eric Uphill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Uphill's CV, and his notes and records on the Uphill family's genealogy.
90 pages (42 single-sided + 48 double-sided)
Contents include:
- Eric Uphill curriculum vitae, no date but created after 2004, with the annotated date "2006-8"
- 3 typewritten, single-sided pages with annotations
- Handwritten notes on various topics relating to family history
- 5 handwritten, double-sided pages
- Miscellaneous photocopies from publications including maps of the Hampshire area, notes on Cheshire family history and typed notes from Society of Genealogists Family History Tracts and a letter from the Society to Eric Uphill in May 1994 electing him as a Town member of the society. Also, handwritten notes with family member names and connections and some related correspondence
- 27 pages (20 single-sided + 7 double-sided)
- Handwritten notes on Guphill Pedigree and Bellas
- 9 handwritten, double-sided pages
- Handwritten, and a few typewritten, notes on family generations, some information taken from the 1850 census. Includes a diagram for the family tree of John Whinfield Parrington (1773-1857) and Rebecca Harker (1775/76 - 1865), also Pattison, Etchells [Ecculs], notes on Charles Darwin, Salisbury Cathedral, and memorials of Westminster Abbey
- 46 pages (19 single-sided + 27 double-sided)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.