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<DIV>Cassie,</DIV>
<DIV>I have some Shields in the Cottage Grove area that have married into two branches of my family. Nancy Jane Shields, daughter of James P. and Parthenia (Small) Shields, married James B. Linebaugh. Nancy's sister, Mary Jemima Shields married Hiram Douglas Linebaugh, brother of James B. Linebaugh. George William Shields, brother of Nancy and Mary, married Lucy Belle Veatch. Lucy is a a descendant of my Richardson-Brown line. Any connection?</DIV>
<DIV>Barbara Herring</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> Thanks for the information, Carla. Unfoprtunately, my <BR>> Shields and Hawley's don't match yours. <BR>> <BR>> My Shields are in the Lane County, OR area and the <BR>> Hawleys were Benton and Lane County. <BR>> <BR>> Good luck on your serch! <BR>> <BR>> Cassie <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>