Lancaster Genealogy (in Los Angeles County, CA)

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Lancaster 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

Lancaster Cemetery Records

California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 Family Search online

Cemetery records of Lancaster Cemetery Genealogy Gophers online

Good Shepherd Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Joshua Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Joshua Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Lancaster Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lancaster Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lancaster 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

Lancaster Church Records

Record of members, 1931-1934 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lancaster Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Lancaster City Directories

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lancaster, August 1958 thru August 1960 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lancaster, August 1961 thru August 1963 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lancaster, December 1955 thru August 1957 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lancaster, June 1937 thru August 1954 Library of Congress online

Lancaster 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

Obituaries of Oklahomans from the Antelope Valley Press newspaper, Lancaster, California September 1985-1986 WorldCat

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

Lancaster Histories and Genealogies

Lancaster celebrates a century : a pictorial history of Lancaster, California FamilySearch Library

Lancaster 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

Lancaster Land Records

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

Lancaster Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, 1923 Library of Congress online

Lancaster 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

Lancaster Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Lancaster Newspapers and Obituaries

Antelope Valley Political Observer (Lancaster, 2010-2012) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Obituaries of Oklahomans from the Antelope Valley Press newspaper, Lancaster, California September 1985-1986 WorldCat

Offline Newspapers for Lancaster

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.

Antelope Valley Daily Ledger-Gazette. (Lancaster, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1978-1983

Antelope Valley Daily Ledger-Gazette. (Lancaster-Palmdale, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1964-1965

Antelope Valley Ledger-Gazette. (Lancaster, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1975-1978

Antelope Valley Press. ([Lancaster, Calif.) 1965-1974

Ledger-Gazette. (Lancaster, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1965-1975

Trona Argonaut and Searles Review. (Lancaster, Calif.) 1964-1967

Lancaster Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Lancaster School Records

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Anelope Valley Adventist School yearbook, 1990 Classmates online

Anelope Valley Adventist School yearbook, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Antelope Valley Christian High School yearbook, 1993 Classmates online

Antelope Valley High School - Yucca Yearbook (Lancaster, CA), 1936, 1938, 1939, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Antelope Valley High School yearbook, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Antelope Valley High School yearbook, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Antelope Valley High School yearbook, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994 Classmates online

Desert Winds High School yearbook, 1981 Classmates online

Desert Winds High School yearbook, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Paraclete High School yearbook, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Paraclete High School yearbook, 1970, 1984, 1997, 1998, 1999 Classmates online

Paraclete High School yearbook, 1970, 1984, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Park View Middle School - Lancer Yearbook (Lancaster, CA), 1977 E Yearbook online

Park View Middle School yearbook, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Park View School yearbook, 1977, 1977-1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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