Shafter Genealogy (in Kern County, CA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Shafter are also found through the Kern County and California pages.


Shafter Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

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

Shafter Cemetery Records

Shafter Cemetery Billion Graves online

Shafter Memorial Cemetery, Shafter US Gen Web Archives online

Shafter Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Shafter Memorial Park Interment online

Shafter Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Shafter, California LDS Genealogy 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

Shafter City Directories

California City Directories (includes Shafter-Wasco 1969) Ancestry online

Polk's Shafter-Wasco (Kern Coutny, Calif.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Shafter, California, City Directory, 1969 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Shafter, California, City Directory, 1976 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Shafter, California, City Directory, 1978 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Shafter, California, City Directory, 1979 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Shafter Death Records

1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

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

Obituaries from the Kern Valley Sun newspaper Internet Archive online

Shafter Immigration Records

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

Shafter Land Records

Deed records, 1856-1910 FamilySearch Library

Shafter Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shafter, Kern County, California, 1926 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shafter, Kern County, California, 1940 Library of Congress online

Shafter Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

Marriages in Kern County (02 Jun 1821 - 14 Feb 2003 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Recorded marriages of Kern County, California, 1866-1874 FamilySearch Library

Shafter Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Shafter Newspapers and Obituaries

Obituaries from the Kern Valley Sun newspaper Internet Archive online

Shafter Press 12/13/2018 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Shafter Press, 1935-2014 Newspaper Archive online

Shafter Progress, 1929-1962 Newspaper Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Shafter

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.

Shafter Press and Shafter Progress. (Shafter, Kern Co., Calif.) 1937-1960

Shafter Press. (Shafter, Kern Co., Calif.) 1960-Current

Shafter Press. (Shafter, Kern County, Calif.) 1935-1937

Shafter Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Shafter School Records

Shafter High School - Laurion Yearbook (Shafter, CA), 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1979 E Yearbook online

Shafter High School yearbook, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shafter High School yearbook, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Shafter High School yearbook, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992 Classmates online


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