Hello Kenneth!
Thank you so much for sending the information on the Shields family I did not have some of those dates so that really helped me out . I am doing a family history on the Shields it is a challenge to find information on them especially prior to civil registration there are virtually no records so I have really had to hunt and not living in Northern Ireland I can't investigate on my own for example church records, I live in Nova Scotia Canada. My biggest challenge is finding a record for the birth of my Great Grandfather John Shields son of Samuel and Margaret I estimate he was born around 1855/6 and the only reason I know that he is the son of Margaret and Samuel is from his marriage registration which lists those two as his parents he would be the oldest child. I have a question for you do you know if Margaret Martin/Shields died Nov. 8 1907 at the Gourock Parochail Ayslum Institution in Scotland? I have a death registration for a Margaret Shields but am not 100% sure if it is her. I am curious as to why she was in Scotland . Any information you could give me on the Shields family would be greatly appreciated and if I can help you with information I would be happy to do that. Hope to hear from you again!
Best Wishes
Ginny Dion