Exhibit 32.1



                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
                         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350

         Pursuant to, and for purposes only of, 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, each of the
undersigned  hereby certifies that (i) the Quarterly Report of Shore Bancshares,
Inc.  on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended  September  30,  2004  filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report")  fully  complies  with the
requirements  of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
and (ii) information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Shore Bancshares,
Inc.


Date:    November 9, 2004             /s/ W. Moorhead Vermilye
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                                     W. Moorhead Vermilye
                                     President/Chief Executive Officer



Date     November 9, 2004             /s/ Susan E. Leaverton
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                                     Susan E. Leaverton
                                     Treasurer/Principal Accounting Officer