This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: osheal oshields Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2467.4 Message Board Post: Hello to Oshields family I am writing to you because I found the name Jethro Osheal on some papers I have......I have some information on the Oshields family but it may be a different family as the name is mostly Osheal in what I have. I had a cousin in CA who collected lots of old books and old papers and things. She did name histories and was doing a book on Irish names but died before she got it done. Someone told me these old books could be valuable so I am putting this on the internet and if the Mormons church who does genelogy or another library dont have it then I will donate to them or sell to a dealer who has asked for it. I am not genelogist and I am not related to this family. I think I am writing to the right family. I have a family newletter put out in the 1940s and it says OSHEAL but I think in one place it said OSHIELDS so this must be the same family as some names are the same as your letters. What I need to know is if the Mormons church has this info? If they do, then I wont donate to them. This says Family News (Osheal Family) published by Mrs. Pearl Waterfield, Oct.1947 etc etc. The names mentioned are the same as in your letters like David Oshields and many others. It talks about family coat of arms. It also says will of David Osheal is now found in Virginia, etc, etc and other things. One part of this newsletter says John Osheal married Ann Boush, and had four children, so I think this is your family but am not sure. Please let me know if the Mormons has this, then I will sell it to the dealer or donate it. Thanks for listening. I am not a genelogist, and dont know if I have written on the right place. Please see my other letters on other familys as I am starting to put this on the net on these Irish families. Joan E. Brown