Kern County, California Genealogy

United States California Kern County

County Courthouse
Kern County Courthouse 1655 Chester Ave Bakersfield, CA 93301; Phone 661.868.6440

County Clerk Recorder has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1850 divorce, probate court and voting record from 1866; An exchange of territory with San Bernardino Co took place in 1963

Parent Counties
2 April 1866: Kern County was created from Los Angeles and Tulare Counties. County seat: Bakersfield

Neighboring Counties

 * Inyo
 * Kings
 * Los Angeles
 * Monterey
 * San Bernardino
 * San Luis Obispo
 * Santa Barbara
 * Tulare
 * Ventura

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bakersfield

Newspapers

 * Bakersfield Californian- 2700+ issues of the paper digitized and in the Google News Archive; covers 1907-1949.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bakersfield California Family History Center
 * Bakersfield California East Family History Center
 * Bakersfield California South Family History Center
 * Delano California Family History Center
 * Frazier Park California Family History Center
 * Kern Valley California Family History Center (Mountain Mesa)
 * North Edwards California Family History Center
 * Taft California Family History Center
 * Tehachapi California Family History Center
 * Wasco California Family History Center

Marriage
Many early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Websites

 * Kern County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site