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Family History & Genealogy

The Shaw Family

16,318 Shaw records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

16,318Records in our database
1806Earliest birth
5Documented families
18Biographies
See the Shaw family trees →859 Shaw families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

16,318 Shaw records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 58 Shaw recordsSouth Dakota: 223 Shaw recordsNebraska: 854 Shaw recordsKansas: 592 Shaw recordsMinnesota: 562 Shaw recordsIowa: 843 Shaw recordsMissouri: 3,386 Shaw recordsWisconsin: 1,418 Shaw recordsIllinois: 2,178 Shaw recordsMichigan: 1,738 Shaw recordsIndiana: 1,186 Shaw recordsOhio: 3,273 Shaw records582238545925628433,3861,4182,1781,7381,1863,273
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When they were born

Born in the 1800s: 11800Born in the 1810s: 2Born in the 1820s: 020Born in the 1830s: 0Born in the 1840s: 340Born in the 1850s: 3Born in the 1860s: 1060Born in the 1870s: 201Born in the 1880s: 97580Born in the 1890s: 2,060Born in the 1900s: 2,9091900Born in the 1910s: 3,423Born in the 1920s: 1,71320Born in the 1930s: 725Born in the 1940s: 39740Born in the 1950s: 284Born in the 1960s: 9860Born in the 1970s: 36Born in the 1980s: 2280Born in the 1990s: 15Born in the 2000s: 02000Born in the 2010s: 1
  • Most records: Missouri (3,386 of 16,318)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: Aaron Shaw, born 1811, Illinois
  • Earliest in the county histories: Sylvester Shaw, born 1806
Documented families

Shaw families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

Family histories, generation by generation (3)

Family records from county histories (2)

The earliest Shaws in the county histories

Family trees from the public record

In old newspapers

In the county history family index

Biographies from the county histories (18)

People in the record

Shaw people in our records

120 of the 15,309 Shaw people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Shaw record →

Alvin Shaw
1941 to 2020
Hennepin, Minnesota
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Artura Pelen Shaw
1939 to 2020
Cass, Minnesota
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Eddie Shaw
1937 to 2018
Illinois
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Elizabeth Shaw
1923 to 2014
Monona
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Barbara E Shaw
1932 to 2013
Iowa
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Barbara J Shaw
1933 to 2013
Iowa
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James E Shaw
1954 to 2013
Iowa
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Mike Shaw
1957 to 2010
Michigan
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Janet Shaw
1919 to 2001
Nebraska
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Ada B Shaw
1919 to 1999
Indiana
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Alan Victor Shaw
1918 to 1999
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Alexander Shaw
1918 to 1999
Illinois
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Aleytha A Shaw
1913 to 1999
Ohio
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Alice E Shaw
1926 to 1999
Ohio
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Alice M Shaw
1925 to 1999
Ohio
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Alice Shaw
1911 to 1999
Illinois
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Ann G Shaw
1934 to 1999
Missouri
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Ann M Shaw
1903 to 1999
Michigan
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Anna L Shaw
1929 to 1999
Michigan
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Arlo R Shaw
1930 to 1999
Michigan
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Arthur D Shaw
1929 to 1999
Ohio
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Arthur L Shaw
1909 to 1999
Illinois
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Arthur M Shaw
1906 to 1999
Ohio
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B F Shaw
1902 to 1999
Illinois
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Barbara J Shaw
1933 to 1999
Indiana
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Bertha Shaw
1905 to 1999
Michigan
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Beth Shaw
1926 to 1999
Illinois
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Betty I Shaw
1923 to 1999
Ohio
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Betty J Shaw
1931 to 1999
Illinois
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Betty J Shaw
1926 to 1999
Illinois
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Betty Jane Shaw
1923 to 1999
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Betty Shaw
1923 to 1999
Missouri
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Beverly J Shaw
1928 to 1999
Indiana
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Blanche L Shaw
1918 to 1999
Ohio
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Blanche M Shaw
1929 to 1999
Missouri
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Brenda L Shaw
1960 to 1999
Ohio
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Bridget J Shaw
1951 to 1999
Michigan
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C Andrew Shaw
1914 to 1999
Michigan
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Calvin D Shaw
1910 to 1999
Ohio
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Carl C Shaw
1917 to 1999
Ohio
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Charles Keith Shaw
1944 to 1999
Racine, Wisconsin
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Clara H Shaw
1915 to 1999
Missouri
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Clarence L Shaw
1911 to 1999
Missouri
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Claud J Shaw
1930 to 1999
Missouri
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Cletus W Shaw
1934 to 1999
Indiana
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Darrel G Shaw
1928 to 1999
Nebraska
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David C Shaw
1923 to 1999
Missouri
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Donald J Shaw
1915 to 1999
South Dakota
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Donald Shaw
1911 to 1999
Waupaca, Wisconsin
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Earl J Shaw
1917 to 1999
Missouri
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Earl J Shaw
1944 to 1999
Missouri
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Edna B Shaw
1902 to 1999
Missouri
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Eileen Shaw
1925 to 1999
Kansas
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Elizabeth R Shaw
1909 to 1999
Kansas
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Leonard H Shaw
1902 to 1998
North Dakota
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Agnes Shaw
1866 to 1975
Ohio
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Blanche Shaw
1874 to 1973
Michigan
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Mary Shaw
1874 to 1972
Michigan
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Rubin Shaw
1870 to 1972
Illinois
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Edward Shaw
1874 to 1971
Illinois
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Gertrude Shaw
1873 to 1971
Illinois
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Ira Shaw
1874 to 1971
Illinois
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Belle Shaw
1874 to 1970
Missouri
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James D Shaw
1877 to 1970
Missouri
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Margaret Shaw
1875 to 1970
Nebraska
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Minnie Shaw
1874 to 1970
Kansas
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Mollie Shaw
1877 to 1970
Missouri
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Anna Shaw
1876 to 1969
Missouri
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Mary Shaw
1874 to 1969
Michigan
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Nelson Shaw
1874 to 1969
Illinois
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Nicholas Shaw
1873 to 1969
Michigan
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Orange Shaw
1873 to 1969
Illinois
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Alice Shaw
1868 to 1968
Wisconsin
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Benjamin Shaw
1874 to 1968
Iowa
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Emma Shaw
1872 to 1968
Missouri
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Frank Shaw
1874 to 1968
Wisconsin
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George Shaw
1867 to 1968
Ohio
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Hattie Shaw
1875 to 1968
Lancaster, Nebraska
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Jay Shaw
1873 to 1968
Ohio
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Jesse E Shaw
1875 to 1968
Missouri
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Joseph D Shaw
1873 to 1968
Missouri
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Lewis Shaw
1877 to 1968
North Dakota
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Laura Shaw
1871 to 1967
Illinois
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Mamie Shaw
1871 to 1967
Minnesota
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Thomas Shaw
1872 to 1967
Indiana
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Elza Shaw
1874 to 1966
Richardson, Nebraska
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Emma Shaw
1872 to 1966
Michigan
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Harley Shaw
1872 to 1966
Iowa
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James Shaw
1871 to 1966
Minnesota
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Lulu Shaw
1868 to 1966
South Dakota
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Mary Shaw
1872 to 1966
Missouri
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Neil Shaw
1871 to 1966
North Dakota
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Catharine Shaw
1875 to 1965
Wisconsin
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Frederick Shaw
1873 to 1965
Ohio
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Thirza Shaw
1874 to 1965
Iowa
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Calvin Shaw
1876 to 1964
Missouri
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Harriet Shaw
1874 to 1964
Indiana
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William Shaw
1869 to 1964
Illinois
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Andrew Shaw
1871 to 1963
Michigan
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Charles Shaw
1871 to 1963
Ohio
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Hattie Shaw
1875 to 1963
Indiana
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Ira Shaw
1869 to 1963
Ohio
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James Shaw
1872 to 1963
Indiana
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Miles Shaw
1874 to 1963
Indiana
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Ruby Shaw
1876 to 1963
Missouri
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William Shaw
1873 to 1963
Missouri
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William Shaw
1870 to 1963
Iowa
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Moses Shaw
1861 to 1934
Wisconsin
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Huldah F Shaw
1865 to 1923
Hancock County, Ohio
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Horatio Shaw
1847 to 1918
Michigan
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Clark W Shaw
1854 to 1917
Hancock County, Ohio
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Florence Shaw
1851 to 1909
Kansas
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Fhebe J Shaw
1861 to 1906
Hancock County, Ohio
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George B. Shaw
1854 to 1894
Wisconsin
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Samuel Shaw
1803 to 1890
Maine
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Aaron Shaw
1811 to 1887
Illinois
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John Shaw
1816 to 1887
Hancock County, Ohio
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Mary J Shaw
1861 to 1887
Kansas
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Mary Shaw
born 1879
Turner, South Dakota
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Martha A. Shaw
born 1845
Monroe County, Tennessee
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Common questions

Shaw genealogy: FAQ

Where were Shaw ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 16,318 Shaw records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (3,386), then Ohio (3,273) and Illinois (2,178).

How far back does the Shaw family tree go?

The earliest Shaw birth in our database is 1811: Aaron Shaw, Illinois. The old county histories name Sylvester Shaw, born 1806. We have pieced together 859 Shaw family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Shaw family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Shaw family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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