Portage Genealogy (in Cambria County, PA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Portage are also found through the Cambria County and Pennsylvania pages.


Portage Birth Records

Delayed registration of births, filed 1941-1971 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Record of births, 1893-1905 FamilySearch Library

Portage Cemetery Records

Hungarian Lutheran Reformed Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lithuanian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Prospect Cemetery Interment online

Prospect Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sacred Heart Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint George Syrian Orthodox Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint John the Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary's Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Michael Orthodox Cemetery Find a Grave online

Portage Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Portage, Pennsylvania LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Portage Church Records

Church Records for First Lutheran Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1873-1893 (Luther's Monumental Church (Portage, Pennsylvania : Lutheran)) FamilySearch Library

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Lilly, Pa., 1873-1810, First Lutheran Church formerly Luther's Monumental Church, Portage, Pa., 1873-1893, Duncansville Presbyterian Church, Duncansville, Pa., 1884-1965, First Presbyterian Church, Hollidaysburg, Pa., 1788-1890, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Barnesboro, Pa., 1894-1930, Trinity Episcopal Church, Patton, Pa., 1896-1931 Archive Grid

Portage Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Portage Histories and Genealogies

Portrait of a town; Portage, Pennsylvania, 1890-1990 FamilySearch Library

Portrait of a town; Portage, Pennsylvania, 1890-1990 FamilySearch Library

Portage Immigration Records

Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania Fold3 online

Naturalization dockets, 1835-1906 FamilySearch Library

Portage Land Records

Deeds, 1869-1886 FamilySearch Library

Portage Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 1916 Library of Congress online

Portage Marriage Records

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage license dockets, 1885-1916 ; marriage license index, 1885-1949 FamilySearch Library

Portage Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Portage

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Cambria Dispatch. (Portage, Pa.) 1929-1948

Portage Dispatch. ([Portage, Pa.) 1948-Current

Portage Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Portage School Records

Portage Area High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Portage, PA), 1956, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968 E Yearbook online

Portage Area High School yearbook, 1938 (Feb), 1949, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Portage Area High School yearbook, 1938 (Feb), 1949, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Portage Area High School yearbooks, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Portage High School yearbook, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Portage Senior High Schol yearbooks, 1949, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Portage Township High School yearbook, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Portage Township School - Reflector Yearbook (Portage, PA), 1938, 1954, 1958 E Yearbook online


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