Perry, Box Elder County, Utah Genealogy

Quick History
Perry was originally called Three Mile Creek as it was three miles from Box Elder, now Brigham City. It was first settled in the spring of 1853 by Mormon pioneers. Its name was changed in 1898 in honor of Orrin Alonzo Perry who had served in the community as a Bishop for nearly 20 years.


 * Perry History Online Utah
 * To Three Mile Creek With Love
 * Wikipedia.org
 * Story of Three Mile Creek

Location
Perry is located in eastern Box Elder County. It is bordered on the east by the Wasatch Mountains, on the west by the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, on the north by Brigham City and on the south by Willard.

City Hall
Perry City Hall 3005 South 1200 West Perry, Utah 84302 Ph: 435-723-6461 Fax: 435-723-8584

Cemeteries
Perry City does not have its own cemetery. Many early pioneers and residents were buried in the nearby Brigham City Cemetery and many inscriptions for this cemetery can be found in the following places:


 * Brigham City Cemetery 495 East 500 South Brigham City, Utah Phone:(435) 723-5813


 * Brigham City Cemetery was started in 1853. In October 1963 a fire in the Cemetery Office destroyed many Cemetery records. These records were later reconstructed by Cemetery personnel.
 * Sexton's record of deaths 1850-1959
 * Brigham City, Utah, cemetery inscriptions
 * Brigham City Cemetery Information
 * Cemetery Records Archives
 * Cemetery records Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah
 * Cemetery records of Brigham City and Perry, Box Elder County, Utah

Transcriptions

 * Burial Database
 * Findagrave.com Transcriptions
 * NamesInStone.com
 * Box Elder County Cemeteries

Church History and Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Early membership records of the Perry Ward from 1877-1941 are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.

Newspapers

 * Utah Digital Newspapers for Perry Historical
 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.

Societies, Museums and Libraries

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460
 * North Ogden Historical Museum 332 East Pleasant View Drive North Ogden, UT 84414 801-732-7211
 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132 E-mail: UT_OGDEN@familyhistorymail.org

Marriage Records

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death Records

 * Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins in about 1962 and is current to within two months.
 * Utah Death Record 1888-1946.
 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates