Sheils Family Tree research resources
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Sheils records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Sheils 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Historical References
"SHIEL, SHIELL, SHIELS, SHIELLS, SHEIL, SHEILS, SHIELD, SHIELDS. Originally a Border surname of local origin. Middle English schele, cognate with Old Norse skali, "used first of a shepherd's summer-hut, and then a small house." Cf. Bums's "The swallow jinkin round my shiel." Thomas of le Schele was juror on an inquisition made at Traqueyr, 1274 (Bain, n, 34). William Schelle of the county of Edeneburk rendered homage, 1296 (ibid., p. 201). Symon de Schele was dean of guild in Edinburgh, 1403, and William de ScheUis, presbyter and notary public in the diocese of Glasgow, 1448 (RD., p. 309). Gilbert Schell witnessed sasine of lands of Walle, 1469 (Home, 22), and John Scheill was citizen of Glasgow, 1527 (LCD., p. 88). Andro Cheill or Cheild was tenant of land of West Scheill, 1515 (Rental), and Andro Scheill, tenant in barony of Glasgow in same year (ibid.). Alexander Sheilds or Shields (1660-1700), the Covenanter, wrote his name 'Sheils.' John Shil died 1721 and was buried in Earlston churchyard. Robert Shiels, the amanuensis to Dr. Samuel Johnson in the compilation of his Dictionary, was bom in Roxburghshire. Scheill 1661, Scheils 1552, Schelis 1557, Scheills 1686. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Sheils Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sheils 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Sheils family tree.
Search Sheils Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Sheils family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Sheils family.
Research the Sheils surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sheils Military records.
Sheils Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Sheils Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Sheils 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 Sheils surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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