The Ainsley ancestral family is huge! My Ainsley family hails from Bilsdale in the North York Moors, England, and my particular branch is the descendants of Stephen and Charity Ainsley who farmed in Bilsdale in the late nineteenth century.

Latest additions to the website are:

• California: John Colpitts Ainsley
• Captain Alan Colpitts Ainsley MC
• Second Lieutenant Albert Edgar Ainsley
• Cpl Harry Ainsley
• Cpl Stephen Ainsley

The Ainsley family in Bilsdale has many branches which have been extensively researched by William Cyril Ainsley, with significant input from Peter Brown (who started his research in 1947) and Joyce Mitchell. With the kind permission of Mary Smith, William Cyril Ainsley's daughter, his Bilsdale Family Tree is also included on the website.

In general, information about younger members of the Ainsley family will not be published.

While researching the local family connections in Bilsdale I naturally visited the Sun Inn where I met for the very first time William George Ainsley - a lovely man who runs a sheep farm as well as the Inn; he is married to Margery (Madge) who is kindness itself. William showed me his copy of Cyril's Family Tree and I made arrangements to return in order to make my own copy. During that second visit (when with true Yorkshire hospitality Margery made me dinner) I spent several hours copying the tree. I also later established contact with William Cyril Ainsley.