Cameron Parish, Louisiana Genealogy

Guide to Cameron Parish, Louisiana ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parish Courthouse
Cameron Parish Courthouse 119 Smith Road Cameron, LA 70631-0549 Phone: 337.775.5316 Parish Clerk has marriage, probate, divorce, court and land records from 1870  and military discharge records from 1918

LSU Special Collection: "The Courthouse still Stands after Hurricane Audrey"

"A Sportman's Paradise"

History

 * Named for Simon Cameron, first Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States

Parent Parish

 * 1870--Cameron Parish was created 15 March 1870 from Calcasieu and Vermilion Parishes. Parish seat: Cameron

Boundary Changes

 * Northeast portion set off to create Jefferson Davis Parish 12 June 1912.

For animated maps illustrating Louisiana Parish boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Louisiana Parish Boundary Maps" (1805-1990) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
Communities: Big Lake | Cameron | Constance Beach | Creole | Gibbstown |  Grand Chenier | Grand Lake | Hackberry | Hacketts Corner | Holly Beach | Illinois Plant | Johnson Bayou | Johnson Bayou Landing | Lone Pine | Lowry | North Island | Oak Grove | Peveto Beach | Sweet Lake

Neighboring Parishes or Counties

 * Calcasieu
 * Jefferson County, Texas
 * Jefferson Davis
 * Orange County, Texas
 * Vermilion

Cemeteries (in rural areas)

 * The USGenWeb Archives Project:
 * Chenier Perdue Cemetery
 * Clement Cemetery
 * Little Chenier Cemetery
 * Our Lady of the Marsh Catholic Cemetery
 * Smith Ridge Cemetery

Census

 * Federal: 1870. 1880 . 1890 . 1900 . 1910 . 1930
 * 1920:
 * Grand Chenier
 * Creole
 * Cameron
 * Grand Lake
 * Johnson Bayou
 * Hackberry
 * Czechs and Sloavks

Church

 * Baptist


 * Methodist


 * Roman Catholic

Gazetteers of Places/Localities

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Cameron Parish (over 525 entries) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Maps

 * Maps of Louisiana (1805-1990)

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1898-1950 - at FamilySearch — images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * World War II Missing and Dead (Army and Army Air Force)

Korean War
Korean War Fatal Casualties

Newspapers
"Cameron Parish Pilot"

LSU Special Collection


 * Hurricane Audrey (June 27, 1957)
 * Hurricane Rita (Saturday, September 24, 2005)

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1756 – 1984 Louisiana Wills and Probate Records 1756-1984 at Ancestry.com Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage

 * 1837–1957 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
The SOuthwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 5652 Lake Charles, LA 70606-5652 Website

Cameron Parish Historical and Genealogical Society PO BOX 1107 Cameron, LA 70631

See also a List of Louisiana Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Websites

 * Cameron Parish, LA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Louisiana Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * FamilySearch Catalog for Cameron Parish.
 * The Cameron Parish LAGenWeb Project, an member of The LAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cameron Parish.
 * Cameron Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

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