Peru, Clinton County, New York Genealogy

United States

New York

Clinton County

Town of Peru

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries for Peru, New York:

• FamilySearch Catalog

Church Records

• 1766–1868 Society of Friends Peru Monthly Meeting – Orthodox FS Library film 17364 Item 2–4; film 17365 item 2; and film 17366 Microfilm of original records. Births and deaths, marriages, removal certificates, and minutes.

• 1799–1867 Society of Friends Peru Monthly Meeting – Hicksite FS Library film 17364 Item 1, 5–6 and 17365, item 1 Microfilm of original records. Marriages, removal certificates, and minutes.

• 1886–1916 St. Augustine Catholic Church FS Library film 1450719 Items 13-14 Microfilm of original records. Baptisms, first communion, marriages, burials, and confirmations. Text in Latin.

Church Histories and Records for Peru, New York:

• FamilySearch Catalog

History

Histories for Peru, New York:

• FamilySearch Catalog

Repositories

Town Clerk

Peru Town Clerk
Kathleen K. Flynn
3036 Main Street
Peru, NY 12972
Phone:518-643-2745, Ext. 2
The Town Clerk has the records of birth, death, or marriage for the Town.

Town Historian

Peru Town Historians
Ron and Carol Allen
PO Box 142
Peru, NY 12972
Work Phone: 518-643-2745, Ext. 113
Home Phone: 518-561-0038
E-Mail: perutownhistorian@charter.net
Hours: Wednesdays 9-12 or by appointment
Collection: Housed in historian's office, Peru Town Hall. McLellan Cemetery records, 3 vol. History of Peru, Peru yearbooks, church records, scrapbooks, news clippings, maps, old photos and postcards of Peru, Hurd's History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, NY, and some family genealogies.
Restrictions: Materials do not circulate from historian's office.

Town Records

To locate additional published and transcribed records for Peru, Clinton County, New York Genealogy check:

• Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). Archive.org; At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists. The codes used under Church and Cemetery are defined in the link above the listing of towns, cities and villages.

Taxation

• 1798 - Martin, David Kendall. "A 1798 United States Assessment List for Northern New York State," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 113, No. 4 (Oct. 1982):231-238. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FS Library Book 974.7 B2n v. 113.