Records of Casper Shafer on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Casper Shafer in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Casper Shafer and the Shafer Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shafer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Shafer family tree.

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Shafer Family Tree Databases

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Shafer Forums

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Some Famous People called Casper Shafer

Casper Shafer

Casper Shafer ( 17 December 1784) was among the first settlers of the village of Stillwater along the Paulins Kill in Sussex County, New Jersey in the United States. A successful miller and early tavern owner, Shafer later served in the first sessions of the New Jersey Legislature during the American Revolution. During these sessions, New Jersey had become a newly independent state, established the first state constitution, ordered the state's last Royal Governor deposed and arrested, and actively supported and financed the Continental Army. Source: Casper Shafer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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