HI i'm Joshua Elza(22 years old) from Maryland(ricky is my half brother) and i;m looking for family and answers about ELza. So far this is what i have found. Most of the Elza's are in VA. My grandfather was Frank O. Elza he had 11 brothers and sisters(george, james, etta, alta, phebe, frank mazie, earl, thompson, lora, henry?) My greatgrandfather was Frank L. Elza, my gg-gf was Joeshp S. Elza, my ggg-gf was Thompson Elza, my gggg-gf was Eward but the last name i found was Elsey not Elza and he was born in 1758 but no info on the name change or anything about his past. why the Elsey name change. Any more info about the orgin ,coat of arms, the Elza/Elsey name or just familiy to talk to would be nice. you can e-mail me at
terezasman22@msn.com