An Annotated Bibliography of Miami County, Indiana

• Photocopies of the actual federal records.

• Publisher not given.  Cira. 1990.  136 p.  Primarily a review of Peru businesses, schools, and some residences,  Illustrated.  Partially indexed.

• 2 vols. Name and index.

• Alphabetically arranged by township.  Includes date and other information when available.

• Information of Civil War veterans from Miami County.

• Contains remaining inscriptions for the following cemeteries in the following order:  Mississinewa Cemetery Community Section, The Frances Slocum Cemetery, New Oak Cemetery (Marshall County), Maple Lawn Cemetery (Carroll County), Mount Pleasant (Wabash County), Falls Cemetery (Wabash County), Stony Point Cemetery (Etna Green, IN), Summit Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery (Marshall County), Bremen, IN, Oakwood Cemetery (Henry County, IL), Belmont Cemetery (Iroquois County, IL), Whiteneck Cemetery (Grant County, IN), German Immigrants buried at St. Paul's Church of Christ Cemetery (Wabash & Huntington Counties).  Also, contains a listing of Miami cemeteries by volume and township.

• Information inscribed on remaining headstones.  Includes the following cemeteries in the following order:  Amboy Cemetery, Bunker Hill Cemetery, Cemetery on William Butt Farm, Cassville Cemetery, Catholic Cemetery, Charpie (or Sharpee-Originial Mount Hope, also called Egypt Hill), Chittick Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Claymer Cemetery South, Clymer Cemetery North, Coppock Courter, Crider Chapel Cemetery, Deer Creek Baptist Cemetery, Ebenezer Cemetery, Enterprise, Friends Cemetery-Amboy, Geartie, Ginerich, Bowers, Gilead, Francis Godfroy, Greenlawn, Jacobs, Kendall, Deyes, K. Kunkle (also known as Keyes), Leedy, Lutheran, Metzger, Miami Mount Zion, Murden, New Hope, Niconzia, Old Niconza, North Grove, Paw Paw, Peoria, Perrysburg, Plainview Cemetery (also known as the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hill-Santa Fe (Santa Fe), Shoemaker, Shrock, Tillett, Friends North Union (Votaw Cemetery), Weaver Cemetery at North Grove, Denver I.C.O.F. Westlawn Cemetery, Wickler, Yike of (Yech), County Farm Jacobs Raymer, Old Mort (or County Farm Cemetery), Jacobs Cemetery, (No Known Name), Raymer, (Raymer), Cole-Sayger-Gage, Wilkinson Family Plot, Grave at Story Point Schoolhouse, Wilkinson, Charpie, Hawes, and Pauper's Cemetery.

• Contains names and dates from headstones at the Oak Grove and a few from the Mount Hope Cemetery.

• Contains many excellent photos.  Indexed.

• Credit Tatting for residents of Miami and Wabash Counties, Indiana.

• School survey discussing the population, economic, and social aspects of public education.

• Indexes county histories and 9 other publications.

• Traces the library back to its earliest beginnings in Miami County.  Index.

• Lists of names and dates of residents.  Some obituaries.  Indexes.

• Contains the following the following books. Individually indexed.
• Graham, John A. Pioneer History of Peru and Miami County.  1877.
• Holman, Omer.  Here We Live Over the Last Fifty Years.  1885-1935.
• Holman, Omer.  Peru Pictures Past and Present.  1909.
• Just for Fun
• Weaver, Clarence E.  City of Peru, Miami County, Indiana.  1897.

• From the earliest time to the present with biographical sketches, notes, ect.  Together with an extended history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indinaa.  Complete name index by Robert D. Smith.

• Tomb stone transcriptions from surviving stones at the following cemeteries:  Mays, Waisner-Rickard, Moss Pioneer Day Burial Ground, Brower, Cole-Sayger-Guge Memorial Wall (or Burial Place), Old Allbaugh (Albaugh) Grave Yard, Old Greenlawn (Mexico), Greenlawn Cemetery (New Section, Old Cemetery of Mexico, Eel River Chapel Cemetery, Wooleytown of (Macedonia) German Baptist (or Dunkard Graveyard).

• Indexes records from these dates originally located at the County Health Office, Mexico, City Health Office, Peru, and Miami County Clerk's Office, Peru.  Includes names of parents, sex, race, date of birth, and page and book number.

• Indexes records for these dates from the County Health Office, Mexico, city Health Office, Peru, and County Clerk's Office, Peru.  Includes race, sex, age, date of death, township of residency, and book and page number.

• From the original records held by the Peru Welfare Department.  Contains township of residence, color, sex, age, book and page number.

• Indexes records for above dates for both man and wife.  Includes some ages, date of marriage, and book and page number.  The original records are located at the County Clerk's Office.

• Includes township of residence, precinct, sex, age, book, and page number.

• Shows land ownership by plats.  Some houses and farms illustrated by line drawing.  An index is currently in progress by Robert D. Smith.

• Miscellaneous obituaries compiled by McGee and collated and indexed by Charlet Smith.

• Contains a brief history of the school system.

• A Collection of essays on the various Miami County Schools.  Indexed.

• 35 mm microfilm.  2 reels.  Indexed and cemetery.  (May be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.)

• Brides and grooms are cited in a single alphabetical index.  Contains date of birth and date of marriage.

• Includes name of deceased, date of birth, and death, next of kin, ect.  Includes newspaper clippings concerning the counties.

• Capsule biographies with photos of important businesses in the community.

• Composed of five booklets originally included with the Peru Tribune. 
• "The Making of the Community."  July 2, 1976.  40 p.
• "Moments to Remember."  July 3, 1976.

• A picture and address directory of members plus a history of the church's beginnings in Peru, Indiana.  Unpaged

• A reproduction of a decade of obituaries from the pages of the Peru Daily Tribune.

• A reproduction of obituaries from the pages of the Peru Daily Tribune.

• A three volume set of photocopied obituaries from the Peru Daily Tribune.

• Alphabetically arranged obituaries taken from the Peru Daily Tribune

• Includes date of death, list of heirs, book and page number.  This index does not appear to be complete for the years cited.

• Contains information of important figures in this particular church.  Several photos.

• Seventeen years in the making.  An obituary index to all the newspapers on microfilm in the Peru Public Library collection.

• 1840 census index compiled by Ray Bakehorn.  List families alphabetically by heads of households.  Includes age and number of males and females residing in household plus townhsip of residence.  1850 census index by Robert D. Smith.  Listed alphabetically by head of household.  Gives name, age, and sex of each person residing in household.  Occupation of household head and some other individuals listed.  Gives township of residence and page number of original census data.  Additional index included for persons residing in a household of a different sirname.

• Also found in pages 3369 to 3405 volume 9 of the Miami County, Indiana Encyclopedia

• Lists alphabetically by household heads.  Includes name, age, sex, and state of birth of each resident, and township of family residence.  Includes occupation of household head and some others.  Refers to original census data pages.

• Family groups arranged alphabetically by households heads.  Also, indexes persons of a different surname than the family with which they are living.

• A transcription from the actual census on microfilm.  Fully indexed.

• Transcribes actual census from official microfilmed census.  Fully indexed.

• An index to obituaries in the microfilmed newspapers located at the Peru Public Library plus original research by Mr. Smith.

• An alphabetical genealogical index of the 1887 Brant and fuller Miami County History.  Each entry cites township of residence, page number of original entry, and includes all genealogical information included in the history.

• A typical general county history.  An index is currently in preparation by Ray Bakehorn.

• Also found on pages 3188 to 3207 of volume 9 of the Miami County, Indiana Encyclopedia.

• Includes the following cemeteries in the following order:  Five Corners, Plainview, Carvey, Tomabugh (Enterprise), Gilead, Gaerte, Niconza, Niconza Baptist Church Cemetery, Tilden, Shoemaker Pleasent Hill, Shell Church Cemetery.  Includes a complete name index.

• Includes the following cemeteries:  Five Corners, Plainview, Carvey, Wilkinson, Tombaugh (Enterprise), Gilead, Gaerte, Niconza, Niconza Baptist Church, Tilden, Shoemaker, Pleasant Hill, Shee Church, Ebenezer, Perrysburg, Deedsville I.O.O.F., Weasaw, Mt. Zion.  Indexed.

• Includes the following cemeteries:  Chili, Paw Paw, Macedonia, Musselman, Yike/Yeich, Finley, Allbaugh-Clingenpeel, Cole-Sager-Gage/Guge, Courter, Wilkinson, Brower, Moss, Murden, Eel River Chapel, Westlawn, Greenlawn, Old Cemetery at Mexico, Butt, and Leedy.  Indexed.

• Indexes date of death by surnames from official records.  Appendixes include Deaths for Miami County, Indiana 1844-1850 by Ray Bakehorn.  Index to Official Miami County Marriage Records 1840-1850 by Ray Bakehord and Carla Murtha.  Early Miami County Births 1870-1881 by Bakehorn.  Two Old Cemeteries by Willar Heiss.  Cass County Marriages 1829-1851 compliments of the Cass County Historical Society  Index to 1830 Federal Census of Cass (Cass, Miami, and Wabash) County, and annotated bibliography of materials on Miami County, Indiana.

• A scrapbook compilation of historical events, important person, and items of note for Miami County.  Volume 11 contains a table of contents for all volumes.  Pagination is numbered consecutively.

• Volume 8 contains a table of contents for all volumes.  Volumes are numbered consecutively.

• A history of Peru Amateur Circus complete with names and photos.

• January 7, 1911 to March 13, 1918.

• Many members names listed.  Includes several photos and some information of general interest.  Contains a supplemental denominational history.

• A church history with photos and anecdotes about the community.

Funeral Home Records

• 1905 to 1992.  Date of death or funeral only.

• More than 3,000 surname entries with dates and cause of death.  Book one.

• Contains entries for 500 decadents often including place of birth, parents names, and cause of death.  Book 2.

• The records of 600 funerals done by the funeral home located in Peru, Indiana.  Book 3.

• Book 4.

• Book 5.

• Book 6.

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