GLEDHILL GENEALOGY

Global sites:

Yorkshire GenWeb project Click on West Yorkshire Links section
Huddersfield & District Family History Society A key West Yorkshire family history society for Gledhill research resources
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. Over 300,000 family history links!
Genealogy.com GenForum - Gledhill Family Forum
ancestry.com - Gledhill Message Board
Family Tree DNA organization - one of the largest ancestry DNA databases in the world!<p> Will put you in contact with your closest genetic matches. Might put you in touch with relatives you never knew about.<p>
Surnames, Genes and Genealogy - Dr George Redmonds five-part series on the BBC (2001) "that brings the awesome power of DNA analysis to bear on the fascinating subject of surnames origins and family roots"
A most useful collection of various Gledhills of West Yorkshire - Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion website is a valuable source of information on the Calder Valley, including members of the Gledhill family who lived there

Thomas Gleadhill of Barkisland (circa 1200s): and
Princess Diana (Spencer), his 14-great grand-daughter: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and heir but one to the British throne, and his mother, Princess Diana are descended from the original Barkisland Gledhills.

Descendants in New Zealand of James Gledhill b 1813 Rastrick, Yorkshire, and Ann Chapman: James GLEDHILL b: 19 June 1813 in Rastrick, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Baptism: 15 August 1813 Bridge End Chapel, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England Christening: 15 August 1813 Bridge End Chapel, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England m: 21 July 1844 in St Michael's Anglican Church, Waimea West, Nelson, New Zealand d: 29 January 1880 in Waimea West, Nelson, New Zealand Emigration: 2 September 1842 Arrived at Nelson on the ship "Prince of Wales" Father: George GLEDHILL Mother: Susannah DYSON

Gledhill Vignerons - see story behind use of part of the Gledhill coat of arms for their wine label