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ECS USA GENEALOGY DATABASE
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You must be a current ECS MEMBER to access our database! Contact me and I will send you a username and password.

When submitting your password request make sure to include you ECS member number on your e-mail.

If you use our database please consider a donation. The data within has been complied over numerous years and represents hundreds & hundreds of hours of work by ECS genealogist past & present, members and volunteers. Please help support our clan and this project consider a donation!!! Send your contributions (marked "ECS, USA Database Donations")in care of OUR Elliot Clan USA, Membership and Treasurer to:

Elliot Clan Society, USA
Patricia Tennyson Bell
2288 Casa Grande
Pasadena, CA 91104

THANK YOU!






NEW FAMILY TREES

September 2009 Elliot's of Midlem Mill from Scotland to Prussia, Ireland and then to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's.

December 2009 The Elliot's of Salem Massachusetts. Salem Witch Trials and the Elliot's. TS Elliot, his ancestors and relatives...





Early Spelling of Our Surname

The very earliest spellings of our surname, on both sides of the Border, was "Elwald." Perhaps one of the earliest records of the name "Elwald" in the Border region comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:

A.D. 778
Then Elwald, having banished Ethelred from his territory, seized on his kingdom, and reigned ten winters.

A.D. 789
This year Elwald, king of the Northumbrians, was slain by Siga, on the eleventh day before the calends of October; and a heavenly light was often seen on the spot where he was slain.

The name "Elwald" does show up as a surname regularly in 14th and early 15th century records on both sides of the Border as G.F.S. Elliot states in his 1898 The Border Elliots:

'..."Elwald," with slight deviations, continued to hold its own as the most ordinary spelling till towards the middle of the 16" century, when considerable changes begin to appear. The English, who had been in the habit ofusing "Elwold" as well as "Elwald" now adopted the form "Elwood," which became the usual one with them. In Scotland, about the same time, or a little later, "Ellot" began to take the place of "Elwald," and soon obtained the predominance...'















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Last Updated:   Monday, October 17th, 2011



Elliot Clan USA, Genealogy Database (ONLINE) Page

Welcome to The Elliot Society! This area is for ECS Members only!!! The Genealogy database is the Society's online source of genealogical information. With thousands of records to access, we hope your visit will be enjoyable and that you are successful in connecting with your Elliot ancestors.



Attention MEMBERS
We have updated our Instructions for Submissions, thus it varies somewhat from the outline as posted on our sister site, which was last updated in late 2003(by former USA Genealogist). Now included are: examples, screenshots, detailed notations, along with clarifications to previous instructions.


This new instruction procedure is designed to help both you (those entering data) and the Genealogist, by making the "data entry phase" more complete and uniform. For current submission procedure please see outline below.


We have included a step-by-step instruction section, which provides a clear, concise easy to follow guidelines. If you run into any problems please do not hesitate to contact me at genealogist@elliotclanusa.com. I will be happy to guide you through this process!


PLEASE USE THE 4 Character codes as outlined. If not entered "in proper format" it will delay the entry of your gedcom into the online database. Also, make sure to enter the dates (birth-dob,death-dod) as people are excluded from database by "non entry" in dod field(it is assumed they are still living). The outline for entry when exact date is unknown is explained on Instructions for submitting your genealogy data to the ECS.

YOU MUST BE A CURRENT ELLIOT CLAN SOCIETY MEMBER to join our project! The objective of the Genealogy Project is to help Elliot Clan Society members with their genealogical research. The means in which we will acomplish this will be by first electronically compiling the data of our members worldwide and then allowing them to access this data by providing a "medium" in which they may do research on their own.






The Goals we hope to Achieve

The primary reason for having our records online is to allow members to access data that has been complied within this database, thus allowing individual memebrs to research their own genealogy. Secondly, it will allow the Elliot Clan genealogist within other countries to compare and compile data allowing for a more complete convergence of genealogy database files in the US and other countries around the World.... The result, then benefiting all Elliot Clan Society members worldwide, thus promoting a spirit of kinship within all members of our Clan.






Database Submission Procedure

If you are an Elliot Clan Society member and you are interested in submitting your information to the Elliot Genealogy Project, (this includes Elliots, Elliotts, Eliots, Eliotts) Please submit information in a Personal Ancestry File (a PAF/GEDCOM) format. Please make sure to follow the detailed instructions at:Instructions for Submitting Information Form.


If you don't have genealogy software on your computer, please follow instuctions below. Be sure to enter all information in complete manner. Take note, although hand written and/or paper genealogical entries (are acccepted), but NOT advised. PLEASE use GEDCOM/PAF!!!


You may also download and print the Database Instructions document in PDF format. For answers to typical questions about the entry procedure just visit the FAQ and Instructions for Database Submissions page.




Other Genealogy Software(how to proceed)

For those of you that have already installed a Genealogy software program on your computer just go to the link the Instructions for Database Submissions page and download the PAF 5.2.18.0 (or current VERSION). All software differs slightly in format and architectural structure and Ideally SHOULD be converted to one standard/uniform type (which is PAF/GEDCOM in this case). Although it may be argued that you may save files as GEDCOM, from any genegolgy program (which indeed is correct)the PAF is prefered. When small glitches occour in given programs, it is a less complex to "fix" if we all are using same software. If you have a large file and previously entered/complied data in another SOFTWARE program (and have corrected it according to our outline), you may submit it as long as you save file in GEDCOM format. (See instruction page on where & how to send it).




Those that have Submitted Genealogy Trees Previously

If submitted your genealogical information (have already sent off your GEDCOM to us) and it was entered by another genealogist into our database you will not need to do this again. The new online database will contain a scaled-down version of the records that you have submitted. We will also provide links to other GEDCOM databases elsewhere on the web. The main feature - It will contain linking, sorting and serching capabilities to other people within the database.


This site is intended as a genealogical research aid. The data included with the files are from sources both public and private. You should always check out thoroughly all sources of information before accepting it as correct or complete.


The Elliot Clan Society is NOT responsible for the content of the records that are included or GEDCOM's and/or PAF's appearing within this site. If you have a problem with a particular entry, please contact the submitter of said entry. You have full control over your record and you may change or remove it at any time.







ANNOUNCEMENTS - Check These Out



12/30/2009 INFORMATION UPDATED --(ELLIOT Database Submissions Instuctions - The instructions for submission varies somewhat from the outline as posted on our sister site, which was last updated in late 2003....")

1/3/2011 NEW INFORMATION --ELLIOT DATABASE - Attention members!!! If you have not yet submitted your genealogy PLEASE GET IT TO ME... If you are having problems of any kind or do not have time to organize your data please let me know. I WILL HELP YOU. The more ECS members that we have that submit data the better our databse will be... E-MAIL the ECS GENEALOGIST






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Hermitage Castle

The origin of the Elliot Clan according to tradition is Angus, the River Elliot runs into the sea near Arbroath. In ancient times the name was spelled ELLOCH, ELLOTH or ELLOT.

"Our earliest reference", according to the author of the book, "The Elliots, The Story of A Border Clan", is to Redheugh itself in 1376. Next, we know from a Berwickshire Pedigree, of the existence of an "Elwald of Redheugh" living in the early 1400s, a man of some consequence. "Robert Elwald of Redheugh" appears as Chief in 1476. In 1470 he built a strong tower on a cliff overlooking the ford on Hermitage Water. This was one of about one hundred such towers belonging to the Ellots which were dotted around Liddesdale, which they shared with the Armstrongs, another of the great Borders riding clans.

More about the Elliott Clan







ELLIOT NAME ORIGINS?

There are some seventy spellings of this name have been recorded, the most prolific being Eliot, Eliott and Elliott. The name was originally Elwald or Elwold, in Old English Aefwald, and anciently was used frequently as a forename. The Elliot Clan of the Middle March had a chief in the late 15th century called Robert Elwald, who was Captain of Hermitage Castle. His son was slain at Flodden, 1513, and his son Robert was also Captain of Hermitage Castle. His brother Archibald was ancestor of the Elliots of Arkleton. The main forms of the name appear in an old rhyme:


The double L and single T
Descend from Minto and Wolflee,

The double T and single L
Mark the old race in Stobs that dwell,

The single L and single T
The Eliots of St. Germains be,

But double T and double L
Who they are, nobody can tell.












The ECS is currently using PAF(for creating GEDCOM's) but there are numerous commercially available genealogical database programs that will allow to create and save GEDCOM files for uploading and or including in the ECS database. Legacy, Family Tree Maker, Ancestral Quest, RootsMagic, Brothers Keeper, Generations and just the major ones, but there are many many more. With all of the above mentioned you have the ability to create a GEDCOM file. The main reason that we utilize the PAF or Personal Ancestral File software - it is FREE!

An excellent site for Genealogy research information, software and other tools can be found at www.gensoftsb.com. Gensoft also has a very good tourtorial on GEDCOM files there too.







What is a GEDCOM?

GEDCOM, stands for - GEnealogical Data COMmunication, which was a standard proposed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( or the Mormons), .... Make sure to visit page (link above)for more details.











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