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Elliot Clan Society, USA
Patricia Tennyson Bell
2288 Casa Grande
Pasadena, CA 91104
THANK YOU!
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September 2009 Elliot's of Midlem Mill from Scotland to Prussia, Ireland and then to Pennsylvania in the early 1700's.
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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: Thursday,
December 31st, 2009
Elliot Clan Member Area
&
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:
We
have updated “The Instructions for Submission” and 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
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.
Our main Goals of the Database
Online
The primary reason for having our
records online is to allow members to access data that
has been complied within this database and 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 are not prefered. PLEASE use
GEDCOM/PAF - It is much appreciated!!!
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 version. All software differs
slightly in format and architectural structure and must
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)t he 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 data in
other 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
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.
The 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
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
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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. Now included are:
examples, screenshots, detailed notations, along with
clarifications to previous instructions. This new
instruction procedure is designed to help both you and
“the genealogist”, by making data entry phase more
complete and uniform...")
12/31/2009 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.
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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), and adopted and widley used by
developers and users of genealogical software.
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