Website Tracking Update

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 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 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…

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…