Researching Jack Shields
Dig into the past of Jack Shields using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4629 people with the Shields surname? In that year Shields was ranked number 916 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Shields on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Shields and the Shields Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shields 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 Shields family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Jack Shields at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jack Shields using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Jack Shields records.
Look at MyHeritage for Jack Shields information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Jack Shields.
Research the Shields surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shields Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 9771 people with the Shields surname in the UK? Shields is now ranked number 592 for popularity in the UK. |
Shields Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Jack Shields.
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Find Jack Shields from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Shields 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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| Did you know that there are currently 60765 people with the Shields surname in the USA? Shields is ranked number 137 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shields Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Jack Shields. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jack Shields
Jack Shields
John Wendele Shields (25 December 1929 – 29 November 2004) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman and teacher by career.
Shields was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. He died aged 74 of heart failure following bladder surgery.
He represented the Alberta riding of Athabasca where he was first elected in the 1980 federal election and re-elected in 1984 and again in 1988. He served in the 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
In 1991, Shields incurred controversy for allegedly shouting "Shut up, Sambo" to Howard McCurdy, the sole black member of Parliament. Shields denied ever making the comments.
Shields left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to David Chatters of the Reform Party; he lost over half of his vote from 1988.
Shields served with the Canadian Army in Korea. He left the military in 1958 to complete high school and went on to earn a degree in education from the University of Alberta.
Source: Jack Shields, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Shields
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