Ellis Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Ellis Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 43488 people with the Ellis surname? In that year Ellis was ranked number 67 for popularity in the UK. |
1921 England and Wales Census records are now available!
On 6 January 2022 the 1921 England and Wales Census records were made available online via the FindMyPast website. The records have been indexed and are searchable via the usual methods. These records are only viewable on a pay-per-view basis and are not included in any of FindMyPast's existing subscriptions with the exception of the 12 month premium subscription.
Ellis records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Ellis family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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Historical References
"ELLIS. From EUAS, q.v., a favorite personal name in the Middle Ages, through Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Elis or Elys. The "name was wonderfully popularized throughout western Europe by the Crusaders" (Bardsley). John Heles was burgess of Dundee in 1482 (RAA., n, 213). David Elleis was keypar of the parroche kirk of Aberdeen in 1565 (CRA., p. 360), and John Elleiss appears there in 1522 (ibid., p. 104). Richard Eleis rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the bailies of the burgh of Jedburgh in 1563 (ER., xix, p. 223), and David Elles was appointed "to teche and leir ony barnis abon sax yeris" in Stirling in 1557 (SBR., p. 71). Andrew Elleis, notary in Kirkwall, 1634 (OSR., i, p. 279), and Alexander Elleis had a charter of lands in Newington in 1639 (BOEC., x, p. 212). Alexander Ealis is recorded in Melrose, 1641, and George Elleis in Darnick, 1662 (RRM., i, p. 87; n, p. 3). Patrick ^Eles was cordiner in Edinburgh, 1648 (Edinb. Marr.), Magister John Eleis of Eleistoune was heir in lands in the lordship of Kilpount, 1686 (Ret ours, Lanark, 261), Andrew Elliss appears in Regorton, 1719 (Dunkeld), and Bessie Ellies in Cairnwheep, 1738 (Moray). The wife of James Anderson, author of the Diplomatum Scotiae Thesaurus, was an Ellies of Elieston or Ellistoune, West Lothian, a family said to be of English origin (Stodart). Aleis, Ales, and Aless are given in index to ROA. as forms of Ellis. Eilleis 1677, Eleiss 1685, Eles 1606, Elies 1670. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Ellis Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ellis Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ellis family tree.
Explore Ellis Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Ellis family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Ellis family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Ellis family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Ellis family.
Research the Ellis surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ellis Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 55352 people with the Ellis surname in the UK? Ellis is now ranked number 72 for popularity in the UK. |
Ellis Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Ellis family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Ellis data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Ellis family and people looking to contact living Ellis relations.
Explore GENi for Ellis family records.
Find your Irish Ellis relatives on findmypast.ie
Ellis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 233945 people with the Ellis surname in the USA? Ellis is ranked number 81 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ellis Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Ellis family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Ellis surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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