Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: England and Ireland.

Alternate Spellings: SHIEL, SHIELL, SHIELS, SHIELLS, SHEIL, SHEILL, SHEILS, SHEILLS, SHIELD, SHIELDS, OSHIELD, OSHIELDS,

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: SALTSMAN, SCHULTHEIS, SCHULTHEISS, SCHULTZ, SCHULTZE, SHIELDS, SHILTZ, SHULTIS, SHULTS, SHULTZ, SLEDGE, SOLTES, SULTZBAUGH.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: SHIELDS, SHAILES, SHEALS, SHAILS, SHEFIELD, SHEELS, SHAFFIELD, SHALTS, SHIELDSPAT, SHILDES, SHIEFIELD.

Other Resources

• SHIELDS Family Crest
• SHIELDS Family Genealogy Forum
• Over 83,000 search results for SHIELDS at RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Rootsweb Messageboards SHIELDS
• SHIELDS webpages at TribalPages
• Over 7,700 search results for SHIELDS at GeneaNet
• Over 25,000 search results for SHIELDS at GenCircles
• Over 300 search results for SHIELDS at GenesReunited $
• FamilySearch - The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
• Linkpendium SHIELDS surname, genealogy and family history
• SHIELDS / SHEILDS etc. surname DNA project - surnames include Sheals, Sheil, Sheild, Sheill, Sheils, Shiel, Shield, Shiell, Shiels, McShields, O'Shields, O'Shiels, SHIELDS, SHEILDS, SHIELS, O'SHIELS
• Over 330 casualty results for SHIELDS at Commonwealth War Graves Commission