The Ellis family newsletter
(Microfiche)

Quarterly, with only two issues in vol. 1 (1973).

Vol. 1 no. 1 (July 1973) - vol. 5 no. 4 (Oct 1977)

Editor: Bonnie Ellis Pryor.

Publication ceased under this title with vol. 5 no. 4 (Oct 1977).

Some pages are faded or otherwise hard to read. Best copy available.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (23 Nov. 2005).

Some double issues: Vol. 3 no. 2/3 (Apr/July 1975); and vol. 5 no. 2/3 (Apr/July 1977).

Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Ellis families who came mainly from England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Some immigrated to Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia in the 1600s. In the 1700s, some settled in Nova Scotia and Ontario (Canada), and in Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia. During the 1800s, some moved to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Canada), New Zealand, and to Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. Some were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who moved to Utah with the Latter-day Saint pioneers. Later descendants also lived in Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan (Canada), Australia, and in Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, and elsewhere.

Also available on microfiche and digital images.

The Ellis Family Genealogical Society (also known as Ellis Genealogical Society) was founded March 1973, and was incorporated in May 1973 as the Ellis Family Organization. Its headquarters is in Granger (now part of West Valley City, Utah). For more information, see the Web site.