This post is featured in the  Spring 2024 Issue of the Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter.   If you are researching your Wake County ancestors, you will want to visit the  Upchurch and Allied Families   Association website to review their massive Biofile collection. UAFA has just recently placed all of the accumulated images on their website and available for the benefit of all Wake County researchers.  The late local researcher, Phil Upchurch, created his Biofiles system for American Upchurches and their descendants, as well as for allied families who were connected in some way, by business or marriage. This extensive collection represents over forty years of Phil's own research and contributions from others. The end result is a wide and diverse body of information dealing with land ownership, occupations, lifestyles, and political landscapes associated with individuals who lived in particular communities throughout America.  In essence, Phil’s goal was ...