Peru Public Library has free, online genealogy collections including:

• Local Newspaper and Indexes

  • Shadensack Index 1908-1945 (mentions only deaths of Peru residents)
  • News Tribune Index  February 1916 – Aug 20, 1920 (marriages, births, deaths, and divorces)
  • News Tribune Index 21 August 1920 – 18 September 1922 (marriages, births, deaths, and divorces)
  • Daily Post-Tribune 1942 Victory Edition (area residents serving in the military)
  • Daily Post-Tribune 1943 Stars and Stripes Edition (area residents serving in the military)
  • Daily Post-Tribune 1944 Stars and Stripes Editions (area residents serving in the military)
  • Index to the News-Tribune, 1983 – July 1997 (indexes names and broad subjects)
  • Daily News-Tribune 1960 Peru 125th Birthday edition
  • Daily News-Tribune 1961 Spring Valley 75th Anniversary
  • News-Tribune Bicentennial Edition (I) April 29, 1976, and (II) July 1, 1976
  • News-Tribune La Salle 125th Birthday Edition (19 July 1977)
  • Index for John Barron columns  (articles by local columnist, John Barron)

• News-Tribune: A Year in Memoriam Obituaries 2004-2016

• Oral History Collection

• Local History Projects

• Shadensack Weather Journals index