Peru Genealogy (in LaSalle County, IL)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Peru are also found through the LaSalle County and Illinois pages.


Peru Cemetery Records

Peru City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Peru City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peru City Directories

La Salle and Peru (Illinois) city directories FamilySearch Library

La Salle and Peru (Illinois) city directory : including Oglesby, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

La Salle and Peru City Directory 1898 MyHeritage online

La Salle and Peru City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

La Salle and Peru City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

La Salle and Peru City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

La Salle and Peru City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

La Salle, Peru, and Oglesby City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

La Salle/Peru, IL 1905-1926 City Directories Allen County Public Library

La Salle/Peru, IL 1928-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

La Salle/Peru, IL 1937-1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Peru City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Peru, Illinois, City Directory, 1898 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

The LaSalle and Peru directory, 1883 : embracing a complete directory of the residents arranged in alphabetical order, a business directory; also, historical review of both cities, and an editorial review of some of the leading merchants, manufacturers, etc., etc FamilySearch Library

Peru Histories and Genealogies

Peru sesquicentennial, June 30-July 7, 1985 FamilySearch Library

Tales and pictures of Peru, 1835-1985 FamilySearch Library

Peru Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, April 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, April 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, December 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, June 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, October 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Peru, La Salle County, Illinois, September 1902 Library of Congress online

Peru Newspapers and Obituaries

Illinois Gazette 1849-1849 Newspapers.com online

Peru Weekly Chronicle 1855-1856 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Peru

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.

Beacon Light. (Peru, Ill.) 1846-1847

Illinois Gazette. (Peru, Ills. [Ill.]) 1841-1852

Lasalle County Democrat. (Peru, Ill.) 1850-1851

Ninawah Gazette. (Peru, Ill.) 1840-1841

Peru Weekly Democrat. (Peru, Lasalle County, Ill.) 1851-1853

Peru Weekly Herald. (Peru, Ill.) 1870s-1880s

Peru School Records

Lasalle Peru High School yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL), 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1983, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Saint Bede Academy yearbooks, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Bede College and Academy yearbook, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Bede Academy yearbook, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Bede Academy yearbook, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Bede Academy yearbook, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 Classmates online

St. Bede Academy yearbooks, 1961, 1963, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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