Have you tried looking at Scottish websites & documents for pre USA ? SHIELDS is a well known Scottish surname I have it in my tree. Many are termed Scotch/Irish. Regards and a Merry Xmas & Safe New Year to all! Regards, Charmaine [nee WRIGHT] ANDRESEN,in New Zealand. Message: 1 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:49:13 -0000 From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ILRANDOL] U.S. Senator James J. Shields and Mary S. Carr To: <ILRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1166518154.216417@rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shields and Carr Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.randolph/726/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking information on Senator James J. Shields b. 1806 and died in 1879. He married Mary Anne Carr and was the son of Charles Shields and Anne McDonnell Shields. He settled in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1826? and taught school and studied law. I can't find any information on his parents or his children. I would like more information concerning his parents Charles Shields's parents and his children. I know also that he was born in Ireland. He held many positions in government such as Governor of Oregon besides being elected for office as a U.S. Senator. If anybody has more information on him,please let me know. I have hit a brick wall concerning his genealogy history. Thanks, Yvette New Zealand Society of Genealogists. http://www.genealogy.org.nz New Zealand Scottish Interest Branch. http://www.scotgroup.tk/ Our Family Tree Online. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk SOME OLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wasu66nz/my_photos WAIHI,WAIKATO,NEW ZEALAND: http://www.waihi.org.nz/pages/home.htm Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com