Welcome to Biltcliffe.co.uk. The site was started back in 2002 to publish the research that had been done into the Biltcliffe name related to our family. Over time the site has grown as more people have been added to the family and the level of detail on the people has increased.
In the mean time we became aware that another part of the family tree - the Brearleys - crossed over closely with the Biltcliffe family, with similar names in the same location and time period appearing in both. While no actual link has been found between the two parts of the family it has provided the motivation to broaden the research into other parts of the family, with one of the aims being to see if we can find that link.
As a result of all of this, the site is now covering much more that just the core Biltcliffe family. There is the research in the Biltcliffe family carried out by Tom Biltcliffe and concentrated on West Yorkshire. The Brearley family tree, along with the other related surnames has been carried out by a combination of individuals across the family. However all the research is presented here to help others who are investigating their family tree to find their ancestors.
Happy hunting!
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Major site changes released |
2nd February 2013 |
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The update released today is the culmination of over a years worth of work to update the site and has resulted in almost every part of it being re-written.
The big change is that the site now includes more than just the Biltcliffe family, with Brearley, Daniel, and Iredale added to the site as individual families. Other things that have been update at this point:
- The Biltcliffe family has been clearly split into the main family and then unrelated people
- There is now a statistics page that shows how the information has developed over time. Some of this goes back to the original launch of the site
- A new Chronology view has been added into the site so you can see how the different events relate to each other or what happened on a single year
- Changes have been made to the privacy filter, so anyone born in the last 100 year will have much of their details removed from the site.
We need to say a big thank you to everyone that get's in touch with more information or corrections. Hopefully as many of these will have made it into the site in this update as well. Please continue to get in touch through the contact page if you have any more information you think we might find useful.
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Site Update |
9th October 2010 |
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Thank you for the information that keeps coming and for the interest
shown. We restrict the site to people with a variant of our surname and
to their spouses (with rare exceptions). Otherwise it would grow too
large and defeat the purpose. This time, besides adding year of death and
details of spouses for many existing entries, we have also added some
new people from the Surrey area. While they probably originated in
Yorkshire, there a very few references to Bilcliffe's in the London area
before 1600. Similarly there are Bentcliff's in Kent who may be
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People: 2,221 Marriages: 752 Children: 1,481 Census Records: 3,817 |
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Continuing to Update and Grow |
23rd May 2010 |
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Thank you again to those who have sent us information or found the site useful. This has been included along with our own research to produce another of the semi-regular site updates. As the stats show, it continues to grow slowly in all directions. Please do get in touch if you have any more information or questions. |
People: 2,142 Marriages: 711 Children: 1,446 Census Records: 3,621 |
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Where do I start?
If you only know the name, or part of the name of the person you are after
then you can use either the list
first names or the list surnames
pages to try and locate them.
If you know more about the person, eg date of birth or death then try
the advanced search page to find them
Alternatively just feel free to have a wander through the site and see
what you find.
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