Compton Genealogy (in Los Angeles County, CA)

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Compton Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth cards, 1894-1905 FamilySearch Library

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

California, Birth Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Index to record of births, 1866-1920, and delayed certificates of births, 1866 on, requested from 1944-1968 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, original birth (1849-1901) and death records (1874-1901) FamilySearch Library

Compton Cemetery Records

Angeles Abbey Memorial Park Find a Grave online

California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 Family Search online

Woodlawn Cemetery, Compton, Los Angeles County, California, cemetery and sexton records 1871-1951 : with historical records and biographies and sketches of some of its citizens and families FamilySearch Library

Woodlawn Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Compton Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Compton Church Records

Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1942-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Compton Center Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1927-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1928- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Compton Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

St John's Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1930-1953 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St John's Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1932-1964 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St John's Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1963-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Compton City Directories

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Compton (California) city directory FamilySearch Library

Compton City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Compton City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Compton, CA 1940, 1946-1947, 1949, 1951 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Compton, California, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, California, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Compton, City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paramount, Hollydale and Compton, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Watts - Compton (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Watts Compton, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Watts and Compton, California, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Compton, December 1934 thru September 1943 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Compton, September 1944 thru September 1946 Library of Congress online

Compton Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

California, Death Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

Los Angeles County death certificates 1889-1960 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County death index 1905-1925, 1934-1978 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County deaths 1874-1905, 1918-1932 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County, California, deaths, 1873-1899 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, index to deaths, 1905-1979 and death records 1889-1960 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, original birth (1849-1901) and death records (1874-1901) FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles, California, Coroner's Inquest Index, 1992-2016 Ancestry online

Mission Mortuary records (formerly LeCheminant Mortuary), 1924-1947 FamilySearch Library

Register of deaths, 1877-1905 for Los Angeles County : and indexes to records of deaths, 1873-1920 FamilySearch Library

Compton Histories and Genealogies

Born and raised in the streets of Compton WorldCat

History of Compton : with notes on early settlers FamilySearch Library

Compton Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1927-1948 FamilySearch Library

Index to Naturalization Records of the U.S. District for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization Index Cards of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1915-1976 Ancestry online

Naturalization Index of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, California, 1852-1915 Ancestry online

Naturalization Petitions for the Southern District Of California, 1887-1940 Fold3 online

Naturalization index, Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, 1852-1915 FamilySearch Library

Naturalizations, 1852-1915 FamilySearch Library

Compton Land Records

Nevada County, California, deeds, 1856-1921 ; indexes, 1856-1921 FamilySearch Library

Compton Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, April 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, February 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, February 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Compton, Los Angeles County, California, November 1891 Library of Congress online

Compton Marriage Records

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1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Index to marriages 1951-1957 and marriage records 1951-1957, Los Angeles County, California FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County California marriages 1876-1890, vol. 4 Genealogy Gophers online

Marriage application records, 1850-1905 FamilySearch Library

Marriage certificates, 1851-1924; index, 1851-1920 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1856-1944 ; indexes, 1856-1950 (Los Angeles County, California) FamilySearch Library

Marriages in Los Angeles County (04 Aug 1851 - 24 Oct 1935 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Compton Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Compton Newspapers and Obituaries

Compton Bulletin 08/31/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Compton

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Bulletin. (Compton, Calif.) 1970-1973

Carson Bulletin. (Compton, Calif.) 1973-Current

Compton Bulletin. (Compton, Calif.) 1973-Current

Compton Herald American and the Compton Herald. (Compton, Calif.) 1924-1974

Compton Herald American. (Compton, Calif.) 1974-1985

Compton-Lynwood Herald American. ([Compton, Calif.]) 1985-1987

Westside Herald American and the Compton Herald. (Compton, Calif.) 1972-1974

Westside Herald American. (Compton, Cal.) 1971-1972

Compton Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Compton School Records

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Centennial High School - War Cry Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966 E Yearbook online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Centennial High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000 Classmates online

Compton College - Dar U Gar Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 E Yearbook online

Compton College yearbook, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Compton Community College yearbook, 1956 Classmates online

Compton Community College yearbook, 1956 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Compton High School - El Companile Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1979 E Yearbook online

Compton High School yearbook, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Compton High School yearbook, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981 Classmates online

Compton High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Compton Junior College yearbook, 1952 Classmates online

Compton Junior College yearbook, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Compton Senior High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Compton Union High School yearbook, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Davis Junior High School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Davis Middle School - Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1972 E Yearbook online

Davis Middle School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dominguez High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Dominguez High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993 Classmates online

Dominguez High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1993 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Manual Dominguez High School - El Espejo Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1958, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1986 E Yearbook online

Manual Dominguez High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Regina Caeli High School - Scepter Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 E Yearbook online

Regina Caeli High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Regina Caeli High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Regina Caeli High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Roosevelt High School - Leograph Yearbook (Compton, CA), 1947, 1949, 1950 E Yearbook online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 Classmates online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Roosevelt High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Willowbrook Junior High School yearbook, 1945 Classmates online

Willowbrook Junior High School yearbook, 1945 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Willowbrook Junior High School yearbook, 1945 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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