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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Ellzey (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Ellzey. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Ellzey is located in Levy County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Levy County: Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist & Marion.

Below are the counties that are near Ellzey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellzey:

  • Levy County     (The home county of Ellzey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.
    • Otter Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Gulf Hammock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chiefland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bronson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Williston Highlands
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Williston Highlands is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
    • East Bronson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Bronson is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
    • Manatee Road
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Manatee Road is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
    • Andrews
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Andrews is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
    • Meredith
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Meredith is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
    • Cedar Key
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Yankeetown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Inglis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Inglis is also located in Levy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,374 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inglis <1>
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.
    • Archer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Newberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Arredondo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
  • Citrus County
  • Dixie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.
    • Suwannee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Old Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Suwanee Old Town was located in Dixie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
    • Cross City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilchrist County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.
    • Trenton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Fanning Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Waters Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
    • Bell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.
    • Chatmire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatmire is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
    • Dunnellon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fellowship
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Suwannee County
    • Suwannee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellzey, see our County-by-County Page for Ellzey.

Cemeteries Near Ellzey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellzey.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ellzey - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellzey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.

  • Usher Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Galilee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Erie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Levyville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Chiefland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Chiefland Community Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (60 more) ...
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hardee Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bronson Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ellzey had a population of 75 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellzey, with the one closest to Ellzey listed first.

  • Otter Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Gulf Hammock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosewood is also located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Sumner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumner is also located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
  • Chiefland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bronson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Meredith
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meredith is also located in Levy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Cedar Key
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Suwannee
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Suwannee is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwannee
  • Williston
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Romeo
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Romeo is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
  • Archer
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Citronelle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Citronelle is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citronelle
    • Early Bird
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Early Bird is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
    • Blitchton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Blitchton is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellzey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellzey.

Newspapers Published in Ellzey ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellzey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellzey, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ellzey.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Ellzey:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ellzey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ellzey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.