New Shiels Family Search Feature

Today we added a new feature to Shiels.ca — the What’s New section. Family history is never really finished. New information is discovered, photographs are found, stories are corrected or expanded, and new connections are made with relatives around the world. As Shiels.ca continues to grow, we wanted a simple way to record those changes….

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…

We have added a new contact form on the Guestbook to make it easier to provide feedback. We have also added all the new messages that we have received during the intro of our new book. We would dearly love to hear from you. Dan dan@shiels.ca info@shiels.ca

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…

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…

With the ten-generation direct line in place, attention turned to the other branches of the Shiels family. These families were an important part of the story and helped show how widely the descendants of our Scottish ancestors eventually spread. New pages were added for several major branches, including George Shiels (1810) and three brothers of…