Cameron County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania Cameron County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Clinton, Elk, McKean and Potter Counties 29 March 1860.
 * County Seat: Emporium
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in McKean (north) • Clinton (east) • Elk (west) • Clearfield (south)  •  Potter (northeast)

==== Boundary Changes ====


 * Before 1795: Future Cameron County was part of Northumberland County.
 * 13 April 1795: Lycoming County (including future Cameron County) was created from Northumberland County.
 * 26 March 1804: When McKean and Potter Counties were formed from Lycoming County, parts of future Cameron County were included in each, while about a third of today's Cameron remained in Lycoming County.
 * 21 January 1839: When Clinton County was formed from Lycoming and Centre Counties, what is today's Cameron County was split between McKean, Potter, and Clinton Counties.
 * 18 April 1843: A small part of Cameron County was included in Elk County when it was created.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

County-wide Database - Multi-denominational

 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.

Land and Property
Cameron County Recorder of Deeds County Courthouse 20 East Fifth St. Emporium, PA 15834 Phone: (814) 486-3349 ext. 327

Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the seller and purchaser of the property and may hide clues to family connections.


 * Deed books, 1860-1889; Deed Indexes, 1860-1902

Cameron County Courthouse


E. Fifth St. Emporium, PA 15834 (814) 486-3355

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Divorce
Divorce records area available through the office of the Prothonotary. Since there is no on-line index, you can search the index at the Porthonotary's office. The office of the Prothontary is located in the courthouse.

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Cameron County
 * USGenWeb project