Our new book “Discovering the Shiels Family” is available to read OnLine through the website.
The book is presented in pdf format and opens in a new window so you can read it on your computer, tablet or smart phone. It is also available in print format through Amazon.
A familiar feature from the earlier Shiels Family History website has returned with the addition of a new Guestbook page. Over the years, visitors to Shiels.ca have left comments, shared family connections and sometimes provided information that helped expand or correct our family history. Fortunately, many of those messages have been preserved. The new Guestbook…
With the new homepage in place, the next major step was completing the ten generation pages that form the backbone of Shiels.ca. Beginning with Micheal Shiels, born in Ireland around 1690, the story follows the family through Scotland and eventually across the Atlantic to Canada. Each generation has its own page, combining family information with…
We are very pleased to announce that a new feature has been added that allows visitors to find their individual records electronically in the new Discovering the Shiels Family book. When you go to the Search page, you simply type in your name (or partial name) and you will be presented with a number of…
After many years with BellMTS, the Shiels Family History website began a new chapter with its move to Web Hosting Canada (WHC). The move provided a new home for Shiels.ca and gave us the opportunity to rebuild and update a website that has been sharing our family history for many years. The goal was not…
With the move to our new web host complete, attention turned to rebuilding the Shiels Family History website itself. On September 4, the new Shiels.ca homepage was completed, establishing the look and structure that would be used throughout the rebuilt site. The new homepage was designed to make more than three centuries of family history…
With the rebuilding of the family-history pages largely complete, attention turned to making sure Shiels.ca could be found easily and worked properly for visitors. The website was reviewed for search engines, photographs were given descriptive information where appropriate, and the main family pages were submitted to Google for indexing. Work also began with Microsoft Bing…