Perry County, Missouri

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History ~ Biography ~ What's New  //\\?//\\ Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries  //\\?//\\ Military ~ Crime ~ Odds & Ends

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History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Queries & Lookups

Brief History of Perry County: Wiki
A more detailed History:
'From the old Perry County Files:
Submitted by Helen L. Smith Hoke"


"Our Neighbors"
Madison ~ St Francois ~ Ste Genevieve Counties, Missouri
Jackson ~ Randolph ~ Union Counties, Illinois
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Hello:

Perry County has been moved from RootsWeb which is no longer hosting USGenWeb Counties.
This particular MOGenWeb County has not been updated for a very long time, so all the information from the old one needed to be checked for valid links and reformatted or updated where possible.
The 'Old Perry Files' will be found intersperced with the new resources.

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Perry County Communities: Wikiwand
Cities Unincorport'd Comm's Former Comm's
Altenburg Eureka Dresden
Frohna Farrar Fenwick Settlement
Perryville(county seat) Fenwick Settlement Friendlytown
Village Friedenberg Giboney
Longtown Highland Le Grand Village Sauvage
Census- Places McBride Pointrest
Biehle Menfro Seelitz
Brewer Millheim Seventy-Six
Lithium Old Appleton Starlanding
Shakertowne Pointrest Tucker's Settlement
Unincorport'd Comm's Schalls Townships
Allen's Landing Schumer Springs Bois Brule
Apple Creek Sereno Brazeau
Barks Seventy-Six Central
Belgique Silver Lake Cinque Hommes
Brazeau Uniontown St. Mary's
Brewer Wittenberg Salem
Claryville Yount Saline
Corners Union
Crosstown Islands
Grand Tower Island
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Missouri Maps

Interactive Atlas ~ Library of Congress: Missouri Maps
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose
And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links

Perry County Maps: Old Perry County Files [Cemetery Locations]
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Biographies ~ Books
All of the Books I found for Perry County are here.
Pioneer Families of Missouri: Bryan & Rose, 1876, Genealogical Index / General Index
History of Southeast Missouri: Douglass, RS, 1912, Index , Bio's are in Vol II

There are also Biographies in the following History.

"Goodspeed's history of southeast Missouri : embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron: Published: 1888"
Here is an Index ~ Here are extracted pages for Perry County

Memorial sketches of pioneers and early residents of southeast Missouri
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Miscellaneous Missouri Historical Information: Pioneers ~ Native American's

Historic Missourians, Towns and Forts, and...
 Old Settler's Association: 1897
"Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site
The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period
Native American Tribes in Missouri

"Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records"; 30 Volumes
Created by:
Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913 - 1996
[Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ]

Here are the Vols which contain information for Perry County
All Vols are pdf and searchable
Vols: 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 18, 23, 24, 25

They are all available in the FS Catalog: Please use this link.
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MO State Archives: Quick Links
Census Records and Tax Lists
Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Records
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1970
Missouri State Penitentiary Database
Fillable Six-Generation Family Tree Poster
Timeline of Missouri History
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"What's New"
The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
There were no Obits for Perry County,
but... Check the Birth Place Not Identified' and 'County Not Identified' Lists
This is the link for Missouri
This is the link for all of the United States
This is the link for Countries of the World


Many of the Obituries on the Indexes can be found on Heritage Hub.
Heritage Hub is available through local Public Libraries with a Library Card.
Look under 'Digital Resources' on your Library Web Page

Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals: 1864 - 1887
Please use this link: Family Search Catalog
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As I was cleaning up the old Perry County Files, I did a bit of searching for additional Resources;

Here are Miscellaneous Items from the Family Search Historical Images
For Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Images or use links.
FS, Historical Images - Perry County
 Biographical Resources
 Biographies  
 Family Registers  
 Genealogy Records  
 Local Histories  
109531647  (Items 27 & 28     
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Military
 Military Discharge Records  
 Military Records  
5151892
007849171  (Items 1 - 5)     
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Naturalization
 Alien Records  
 Allegiance Oath Records  
 Declarations of Intention  
 Migration Records  
 Naturalization Records  
7754493 ~ 7758769
007516293  (Item 2 of 2)     
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Applications & admissions of aliens 1859-1905 / Film # 915645
Decl's of intention, Pet's for Naturalization, 
oaths of allegiance, v. 1 1893-1926 Petitions, oaths of witnesses, 
final oaths & certificates, v.2 1904-1906 / Film # 915644
Naturalization papers 1852-1904 / Film # 2047660, Item 2
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Queries and Lookups:
The New County Coordinator will be happy to receive any notes regarding Volunteers:

Queries
It appears that there is not a mail list for Perry County,
Please Check Cyndi's list.


Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of
My Heritage ~  Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]
and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ Historic Map Works
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha [Volunteer for Lookups]

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections


"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Mel Owings
Assistant State Coordinator: Lea Robertson
For information about adopting a Missouri County, Please contact: Mel

Data contained on these pages may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes, Please give Credit where it is due.All data will stay with the MOGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 1 November 2023
Online Continuously Since 1997