Illinois Online Birth, Marriage, Death Records

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This is a collection of links to online Illinois statewide databases and collections or to articles with additional suggestions. Many of these links will be repeated on county pages.

Birth
Links to Illinois collections and research information:


 * at FamilySearch (Index only)
 * 1877-1940: Most entries indexed from microfilmed records of several counties.
 * 1842-1872: Indexed from Illinois births, prior to act, excluding Chicago : 1842, 1849-1872, microfilmed records. See
 * 1824-1940: Includes entries indexed from church records or submitted by individuals.
 * No records for 28 counties. For a list of counties included, see Coverage Table


 * at FamilySearch
 * Indexed from microfilmed original records.
 * Birth Certificates started a little later than the registers below. Check both collections. There will be some overlap in the two collections.
 * For further explanation, see FamilySearch Historical Collections


 * at FamilySearch
 * Indexed from microfilmed original records.
 * Birth Registers were recorded in a book, rather than on certificates. Registers started a little earlier than the certificates above. Check both collections. There will be some overlap in the two collections.
 * For further explanation, see FamilySearch Historical Collections


 * Cook County Illinois Historic Vital Records at Cook County Genealogy.com
 * for births 75 years ago or before
 * free index; can order records for a fee

Marriage
Links to Illinois collections and research information:


 * Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 at Illinois State Archives. Index only


 * at FamilySearch. (Free, index only)


 * Illinois Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com. Index only ($)


 * Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 at Ancestry.com Index only ($)


 * Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 at Ancestry.com Index only ($)


 * Cook County at cookcountygenealogy.com. Free index.
 * for marriages 50 years ago or before


 * Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 at FamilySearch. (Free), index and images)


 * Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records marriages to 1930 at FamilySearch. (Free, browse images)


 * at FamilySearch. (Free, index and images, incomplete)
 * The largest of the FamilySearch marriage collections as of June 2014).

Death
Links to Illinois collections and research information:


 * Index and transcription
 * Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 Index and transcription ($)
 * Illinois State Archives, Death Certificate Database, 1916-1950 Index
 * Illinois State Archives Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916
 * Cook County Illinois Historic Vital Records
 * for deaths 20 years ago or before
 * free index; can order records for a fee
 * [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463134 Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
 * Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, brows able images deaths to 1956
 * Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, brows able images deaths to 1956