Kern County CA Genealogy

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Kern Records by Type

Birth Records (6)
Cemetery Records (121)
Census Records (34)
Church Records (11)
City Directories (165)
Death Records (35)
Histories and Genealogies (35)
Immigration Records (2)
Land Records (5)
Map Records (43)
Marriage Records (7)
Military Records (2)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (6)
Newspapers and Obituaries (189)
Probate Records (1)
School Records (94)

Kern County Records by City/Town

Arvin Genealogy (36)
Bakersfield Genealogy (275)
Boron Genealogy (28)
California City Genealogy (33)
China Lake Genealogy (26)
Delano Genealogy (52)
Fellows Genealogy (28)
Glennville Genealogy (27)
Havilah Genealogy (31)
Johannesburg Genealogy (26)
Kernville Genealogy (28)
Lake Isabella Genealogy (81)

Lamont Genealogy (27)
Maricopa Genealogy (28)
Mcfarland Genealogy (27)
Mojave Genealogy (30)
Oildale Genealogy (26)
Randsburg Genealogy (26)
Ridgecrest Genealogy (37)
Rosamond Genealogy (32)
Shafter Genealogy (43)
Taft Genealogy (65)
Tehachapi Genealogy (48)
Wasco Genealogy (36)

Overview of Kern County Records

Kern County was created in 1866 from Tulare and Los Angeles counties.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1905 and later can be obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The Kern County Clerk-Recorder has birth, marriage, death, and land records starting in 1850; divorce, probate,court, and register voting records starting in 1866.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.