Peru Genealogy

South America Peru

Guide to Peru Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Getting Started with Peru Research

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Regions

Peru is currently divided into 25 regions. The Peruvian regions are sub-divided into provinces, and the provinces are sub-divided into districts.

Amazonas Ancash Apurímac Arequipa Ayacucho Cajamarca Callao Cusco

Huancavelica Huánuco Ica Junín La Libertad Lambayeque Lima Loreto

Madre de Dios Moquegua Pasco Piura Puno San Martín Tacna Tumbes Ucayali

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See FamilySearch Tutorials on Latin American Research.

Do you have Japanese Ancestry?

Many Japanese immigrated to Peru. To learn more about how to research your Japanese ancestry, please read this article Beginning Japanese Research.

Research Tools

• IGI Batch Numbers for Latin American Countries
• BYU Research Outline for Peru
• Peru Research Outline
• Websites
• Listing of all records collections for Peru available on FamilySearch.org

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

• Peru Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Peru Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Peru, Cajamarca, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Peru Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Peru, Lima Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Peru, Lambayeque Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Perú, Huánuco Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Peru Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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