Peru Genealogy (in Nemaha County, NE)

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


Peru Birth Records

1912-1994 Nebraska Birth Index, 1904-1911 Birth Ledgers Ancestry online

Nebraska, Birth Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Peru Cemetery Records

Highland Cemetery Billion Graves online

Highland Ridge Cemetery Billion Graves online

Honey Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Honey Creek Cemetery Billion Graves online

London Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Vernon Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Vernon Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peru Census Records

1854 Nebraska Territorial Census (included in Nebraska Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

1855 Nebraska Territorial Census (included in Nebraska Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

1856 Nebraska Territorial Census (included in Nebraska Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Peru, Nebraska LDS Genealogy online

Nebraska, State Census, 1885 Ancestry 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

Peru Death Records

1904-1968 Nebraska Index to Deaths Ancestry online

Nebraska, Death Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Peru Histories and Genealogies

Across the wide Missouri : a history of Peru, Nebraska, an early river town 1854-1991 FamilySearch Library

Peru Immigration Records

1890-1957 Nebraska Federal Naturalization Records Ancestry online

Peru Marriage Records

1855-1908 Nebraska Marriage Records Ancestry online

1909-1955 Nebraska Index to Marriages Ancestry online

Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1909-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Peru Newspapers and Obituaries

Breeze 1885-1885 Newspapers.com online

Peru Challenge 1973-1974 Newspapers.com online

Peru Enterprise 1892-1898 Newspapers.com online

Peru Pointer 1898-1961 Newspapers.com online

Peru Times 1894-1894 Newspapers.com online

Peru Times 1894-1896 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.

Breeze [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1884-1885

Challenge [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1978-1980

Peru Challenge [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1973-1978

Peru Enterprise [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1897-1898

Peru Enterprise [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1934-1936

Peru Gazette [Microform]. (Peru, Nemaha County, Neb.) 1890s-1890s

Peru Pointer [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1890s-1961

Peru Times [Microform]. (Peru, Neb.) 1890s-1890s

Peru School Records

Majors High School yearbooks, 1963, 1965, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Nebraska State Normal School yearbooks, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru yearbooks, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Peru Campus High School - Bobkitten Yearbook (Peru, NE), 1959 E Yearbook online

Peru Campus High School yearbook, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE), 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1949, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

Peru State College yearbook, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1923, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Peru State Teachers College yearbook, 1949 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Normal on the hill : one hundred years of Peru State College FamilySearch Library


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