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 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

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 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 Newspapers and Obituaries

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 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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