Records of Ian Shield on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ian Shield in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Shield ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ian Shield and the Shield Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shield 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 Shield family tree.

Look at Parish Records for Ian Shield at Find My Past.

Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ian Shield using the FreeBMD database.

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ukDid you know that there are currently 1425 people with the Shield surname in the UK? Shield is now ranked number 2747 for popularity in the UK.

Shield Family Tree Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Ian Shield.

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Shield Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

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ukDid you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Shield surname in the USA? Shield is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Shield Databases

Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Ian Shield. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Ian Shield

Ian Shield

Ian Noel Ridley Shield (24 December 1914 – 22 February 2005) was an English cricketer. Shield was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Shield made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1939 County Championship against Essex. Shield played four matches for Hampshire in the 1939 season, with his final first-class match for the club coming against Sussex.

In his first-class career, Shield took only four wickets at a bowling average of 68.50, with best figures of 2/91.

Shield died on 22 February 2005.

Source: Ian Shield, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Shield

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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