1. You were not required to register births until after the turn of the
century.
2. There is no separate listing of marriages, but there are 3 listing of
births, city, county and Mexico Health office listing. The index lists all 3
in one index.
3. Immigrants in this area came from many areas, but mainly PA and VA in the
states and Ireland and Germany in the case of foreign immigrants.
4. The Miami County Museum has some City Direories and tax records back that
far. Their Email address is mchs@netusa1,net. The archives there is an
excellent source and they are very helpful.
5. There are some (very few, I must add) naturalization papers in the Miami
County Clerks office. They are in the Misc. Registry book and are not
indexed and in very poor condition.
I hope this helps you.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Geraldine Miller [mailto:gmiller@ktis.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 9:21 AM
To: INMIAMI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [INMIAMI-L] Questions on Miami Co./Peru City
I found the WW1 service registration that my great uncle Wm. KOENIG Jr.
filled out in St. Louis 1917 & Wm. stated that he was born in Peru IN 1
Aug. 1888. I have checked the birth records of Miami County & he is not
listed. I have also checked Miami County for a marriage of his parents,
Wm. KOENIG & Bertha KULA & they are not listed. Wm. & Bertha were in St.
Louis July 1892 when their second child my grandfather Benno Henry KOENIG
was born. Wm. immigrated in 1880 & Bertha immigrated in 1882. I skimmed
through the 1880 Peru cenus yesterday & found 2 KOENIGS listed, neither of
them are Wm.
My first question is, was everyone required to register births, in Miami
Co. 1888?
My second question is, did the city have a seperate listing of births or
marriages?
My third question is, does anyone know of immigrants coming into Peru &
where would they have been in the US before coming to Peru.
My fourth question is, are there city directories or tax records for Peru
for the time period of 1880-1892?
One more question, are there naturalization papers in Miami Co. or Peru
city that I could check for Wm. & Bertha?
I really would appreciate any information on Miami County or Peru in this
time period. Thank you very much.