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Guide to Cambria County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The county was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria". It's county seat is Ebensburg. It was organized November 2, 1807. It is located in the Northwest corner of the state.

County Courthouse
Cambria County Courthouse 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931 Cambria County Website
 * Cambria County Courthouse 200 South Center Street Ebensburg, PA 15931 Phone: (814) 472-5440
 * Clerk of Courts Phone: (814) 472-1540
 * Orphans' Court Phone: (814) 472-1438
 * Prothonotary Phone: (814) 472-1638 Fax: (814) 472-5632

Biographies

 * Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County by Samuel Wiley, 1896 at Cambria County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Pennsylvania Genealogy
 * Names in Stone
 * Ancestry($)

Church Records
County-wide Database - Multi-denominational
 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry $
 * Benedictine Fathers in Cambria County, Pennsylvania at Cambria County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
 * History of St. Augustine's Parish at Cambria County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
 * Contains church records of:
 * Barnesboro: St. Thomas Episcopal Church
 * Blandburg: Blandburg Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Ebensburg: First United Presbyterian Church
 * Elton: Dunmyer Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Glasgow: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Johnstown: Bethany Presbyterian Church
 * Lilly: St. Luke's Lutheran Church
 * Patton: Trinity Episcopal Church
 * Portage: First Lutheran Church

Catholic
 * "100 years of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese 1843 -1943". Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, 17:1. FamilySearch Library book 974.8 B2wg. Contains chronolgy, map, county-by-county information.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Cambria Memory Project An index to immigration records held by Cambria County.

Land and Property Records
Land records in Cambria County began in 1804. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

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Land Records on Microfilm


 * 1869 -1886 Deeds.

Note that the "Maps" section below includes maps related to land ownership.

Maps and Gazetteers


Maps
 * Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
 * Cambria County maps, including the 1890 atlas showing land owners, have been posted at the PAGenWeb site

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Records


 * 1820-1906 – Index to Declarations and Petitions in the Western District of Pennsylvania, US Circuit and District Courts located in US Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 database on Ancestry $
 * 1820-1930 – Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1537, incomplete for all counties
 * 1820-1930 - Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry $
 * 1835-1991 – Cambria County Naturalization Records Index 1835-1991 on Johnstown Area Genealogical and Historical Society, orignals at the Cambria County Public Records Center
 * 1835 - Cambria County Naturalization Records 1835 at PAGenWeb

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm


 * 1835-1906 Naturalization Dockets - Index included

Newspapers
Newspapers of Cambria County


 * Pennsylvania Newspapers
 * Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory
 * Johnstown - Tribune Democrat
 * Ebensburg - Mountaineer Herald

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.

Online Newspaper Abstracts


 * PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Cambria County.

Newspaper Excerpts and Abstracts


 * Democrat and Sentinel (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) (SLC, Utah, 1954)

Obituaries
Online Obituary Abstracts


 * USGenWeb Cambria County Obituary Abstracts
 * PA-Roots Obituaries for Cambria County.

Obituary Excerpts and Abstracts


 * Teeter, Grace A., The Nathaniel Teeter Family and Other Related Families (Rialto, California:G.A. Teeter, 1997) Digitized version available through Family Search catalog entry.

Other Records
Line : a research guide to Pennsylvania genealogy and local history, 1990 ed
 * Prior to 1771: Future Cambria County was part of Cumberland County.
 * 9 March 1771: Bedford County (including the area of future Cambria County) was created from Cumberland County.
 * 20 September 1787: When Huntingdon County was carved from Bedford County, half of Cambria County was part of Huntingdon County and half remained in Bedford County.
 * 17 April 1795: When Somerset County was formed from Bedford County, half of Cambria became part of Somerset County while the other half stayed in Huntingdon County.

For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

Clerk of the Court

Orphan

Published Histories

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Probate Records
Online Probate Records

Complete Collection:


 * 1683-1994- at FamilySearch.org

Cambria County Only:


 * 1806-1980-Cambria County Probate Records
 * 1808-1854, 1899-1907 - Cambria County Will Indexes, Vol. 1 and Vol. 5 at PAGenWeb

Online Probate Indexes


 * 1683 -1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $
 * 1683 -1994 at FamilySearch

Original Probate Records on Microfilm


 * 1808-1919 Records of the Orphan's Court and Register of Wills -Estate and Proceedings Indexes included, 1806-1980

Tax Records

 * 1820 - 1820 Summerhill Township Tax List at PAGenWeb
 * 1861 - 1861 Chest Township Tax List at PAGenWeb
 * 1867 - 1867 Gallitzin Township Tax List at PAGenWeb
 * 1894 - 1894 Reade Township Tax List at PAGenWeb

Birth

 * Cambria Freeman Births 1905 -1912 at Cambria County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives

Marriage

 * 1626-2016 - Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1677-1950 - at FamilySearch
 * 1700-1821 - Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry $
 * 1725-1976 - index. Not complete for all years. This index is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
 * Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1852-1854 - Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
 * 1885-1950 - Extracted marriage records – This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.
 * 1885-1920 - Cambria County Marriages 1885-1920 at PAGenWeb
 * 1902-1912 - Cambria Freeman Newspaper Collection at Cambria County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
 * 1947-2010 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1893-1905 - Cambria County Death Index 1893-1905 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1947-2010 - at FamilySearch

Divorce
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary.

Archives
National Archives at Philadelphia 14700 Townsend Road Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096 Phone: (215) 305-2044 Fax (215) 305-2052

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

 * Johnstown Pennsylvania Family History Center
 * Johnstown Pennsylvania Family History Center

Museums

 * Johnstown Flood Museum 304 Washington Street Johnstown, PA 15901 Websiteincludes a list of flood victims.

Societies

 * Roller-Hojeth Memorial Library Blair County Genealogical Society 431 Scotch Valley Rd. Hollidaysburg, PA 16648 Phone: (814) 696-3492 Website Collection covers Blair and surrounding counties, particularly Huntingdon, Cambria, and Bedford Counties.
 * List of Pennsylvania Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies Website
 * Nant-Y-Glo Tri Area Museum and Historical Society 929 Roberts Street Nanty Glo, PA 15943 Phone: (814) 749-7352 Email: [mailto:ngtamhs@itxbb.net ngtamhs@itxbb.net]
 * Cambria County Historical Society 615 North Center Street P.O. Box 278 Ebensburg, PA 15931 Phone: (814) 472-6674 Website
 * Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 Phone: (412) 687-6811 Email: [mailto:info@wpgs.org info@wpgs.org] Website

Websites

 * Linkpendium - Cambria County
 * USGenWeb project
 * Cambria County PA Genealogy
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.