Cameron County Genealogy Project
Census Records
From time to time, the website where these files are housed changes the addresses to the pages.
Use the main site address if these links do not work - www.us-census.org
Then go to Online Census Inventory- Pennsylvania- Cameron County to find each year
1820, 1830, 1840 Shippen and Keating Townships - This link is to the McKean County site. There are familiar Shippen TWP surnames in Keating Township...not sure if there is a connection.
1850 Townships pre-Cameron County - Cameron County was a part of Elk, McKean, Clinton and Potter Counties in 1850
1850 Shippen Township, Index A-Z Shippen Township was located in McKean County in 1850
1850 Grove Township, You will have to sort through the Clinton County to find Grove TWP People
1850 Lumber Township, Clinton County, now Cameron County. This list was submitted by Dianne DeShong. If you find this useful, please drop Diane a note and thank her!
1850 Portage Township, Potter County, now Cameron County. This list was submitted by Maureen Lee. If you find this useful, please drop Maureen a note and thank her!
1860 Cameron County pre Cameron County- Cameron County was a part of Elk, McKean, Clinton and Potter Counties when the census was taken in 1860.
Gibson Township- Elk County Submitted by Mary Ellen Smith
Benezette Township - Elk County- parts of Benezette Township became Gibson in 1860
Portage Township- Potter County Submitted by Maureen Lee
1863 Septennial Census
1870 Cameron County - This project, taken on by Mary Ellen Smith, is Complete!. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen know....she spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!
Emporium Borough Part 1 (House # 1-124) Part2 (House # 125-172) -pg0532a, pg0538a
Gibson Part 1 (House # 1-84) Part 2 (House # 85-155) Part3 (House # 156-190)-pg0486a, pg0492a, pg0498a
Grove - pg0502a
Lumber - Part 1 (House 1- 84) Part 2 (House 85- 123)pg0508a, pg0514a
Portage - pg0518a
Shippen Part1 (House #1-102) Part 2 (House #103-192) -pg0520a, pg0526b
1870 Mortality Schedule- This is a list of people who died in 1870 before the 1870 Census was taken. Contributed by Donna (Caskey) Jones
1880 Cameron County - This project taken on by Mary Ellen Smith and Donna Gigliotti is now complete. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen and Donna know....they spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!
Emporium Borough Part 1 (House # 1-86) Part 2 (House # 86-167) Part 3 (House # 168-23)
Grove Part 1 (House # 1-84)
Lumber Part 1 (House # 1-59) Part 2 (House # 60-116) Part 3 (House # 116-159)
Shippen Part1 (House 1-87) Part 2 (House 88-145)Part 3 (House 146-200)
1890 Cameron County Special Veterans Census - Mary Ellen Smith has transcribed this rarely seen census record. If you find it useful, please drop her a note and let her know! This census is of military veterans living in the county in 1890. The surviving 1890 schedules provide the address, number of families in the house, number of persons in the house, and number of persons in the family. Individuals are listed by name; whether a soldier, sailor, or marine during the Civil War; and whether Union or Confederate or whether the widow of a veteran; relationship to head of family; whether white, black, mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian; sex; age; marital status; whether married during the year; if a mother, number of children and number living; place of birth of the individual and his or her father and mother; if foreign born, how many years in the United States; whether naturalized or in the process of naturalization; profession, trade, or occupation; months unemployed during census year; ability to read and write; ability to speak English; if not, language or dialect spoken; whether suffering from acute or chronic disease (if so, name of disease and length of time afflicted); whether defective in mind, sight, hearing, or speech; or whether crippled, maimed, or deformed (with name of defect); whether a prisoner, convict, homeless child, or pauper; whether the home is rented or owned by the head or a member of the family (if so, whether mortgaged); if the head of family was a farmer, if he or a family member rented or owned the farm; and, if mortgaged, the post office address of the owner.
Gibson and Driftwood Borough ED 49
Grove and Lumber Townships ED 50
Portage Township ED 51
Shippen Township ED 52
1900 Cameron County - This project, by Mary Ellen Smith, is Complete!. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen know....she spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!
Driftwood Borough ED 1 Pages 01A - 03A , Pages 03B - 06A
Gibson Township - ED 1 Pages 7A - 9B , Pages 10A - 12A , Pages 12B - 15A
Emporium Borough ED 2 Pages 16A -18B East Ward (House # 1-59) Pages 19A -21A (House # 60-112) Pages 21B - 24A (House 112-165) Pages 24B - 27A Middle Ward (House 1-62) Pages 27B -29B (House 63- 113) Pages 30A - 32A (House 113- 161) Pages 32B - 35A West Ward (House 1-66) Pages 35B - 37B (House 67-120) Pages 38A- 41B (House 121-178)
Grove Township-ED 3 Pages 42A - 44B; Pages 45A - 47B ; Pages 48A - 50B
Lumber Township ED 4 Pages 51A- 53B (House 1-59) Pages 54A- 56B (House 59-116)
Portage Township ED 4 Pages 57A- 59A
Shippen Township ED 5 Pages 60A-65A , Pages 66A - 71B , Pages 72 A - 77A
1910 Cameron County This project, by Mary Ellen Smith, is Complete!. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen know....she spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!. The Census images are also online so you can see the the actual pages of the original census (see below)
Driftwood Borough ED 1 Pages 1A-2B. Pages 3B -06A
Gibson Township ED1 Pages 7A - 9B Pages 10A - 13A Pages 14A - 17A
Grove Township ED 2 Pages 22A-24A Pages 24B - 27A Pages 27B - 29A
Emporium Borough- East Ward ED 3 Pages 30A - 32A Pages 32 - 34B Pages 35A- 37A Pages 37B - 39A
Emporium Borough- Middle Ward ED 141 Pages 40A - 42B Pages 43A - 45B Pages 46A - 49B
Emporium Borough- West Ward ED 4 Pages 50A - 52A Pages 52B - 54B Pages 55A - 56B Pages 57A - 58B Pages 59A - 61B
Portage Township ED 5 Pages 62A -63A
Lumber Township ED 5 Pages 64A-65B Pages 66A-67B Pages 68A-70B
Shippen Township ED 6 Pages 71A - 73B Pages 74A - 76A Pages 76B - 79A Pages 79B - 81B Pages 82A - 84B Pages 85A - 87B
1920 Cameron County - Mary Ellen Smith has completed transcribing the 1930 Census. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen know....she spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!.
Gibson Township ED 1 Pages 1A -6A ;
Driftwood Borough ED 1 Pages 7A - 11B
Emporium Borough ED 2 East Ward Pages 12A - 16B ; Pages 17A - 22A
Emporium Borough ED 3 Middle Ward Pages 23A - 27A ; Pages 27B - 32A
Emporium Borough ED 4 West Ward Pages 33A - 38B ; Pages 39A - 44A
Grove Township ED 5 Pages 45A - 49A
Lumber Township ED 6 Pages 50A - 55A
Portage Township -
Shippen Township ED 7 Pages 57A - 63A ; Pages 63B - 69B
1930 Cameron County - Mary Ellen Smith has completed transcribing the 1930 Census. If you find this information useful, please let Mary Ellen know....she spent hundreds of hours reading and typing all of this information so it would be available for us to use!.
Driftwood Borough ED 1 Pages 224A - 226B
Emporium Borough ED 2 East Ward Pages 227A - 229A ; Pages 229B - 231B ; Pages 232A - 234A ; Pages 234B - 236B
Emporium Borough ED 3 Middle Ward Pages 237A - 239A ; Pages 239B - 241B ; Pages 242A - 244B
Emporium Borough ED 4 West Ward Pages 245A - 247A ; Pages 247B - 249B ; Pages 250A - 252A ; Pages 252B - 254B ; Pages 255A - 256B
Gibson Township ED 5 Pages 257A - 260B
Grove Township ED 6 Pages 261A - 262B ; Pages 263A - 264A
Lumber Township ED 7 Pages 265A - 267B
Portage Township ED 8 Pages 268A - 268B
Shippen Township ED 9 Pages 269A - 271A ; Pages 271B - 273B ; Pages 274A - 276A ; Pages 276B - 279A
1940 Cameron County is online here
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Friday, December 28, 2012.
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