Cook County, Illinois Courthouse

Clerk of Cook County
Birth, marriage, and death records are available through the Clerk of County Court. Records date to 1872. Approximately 75% of the county's eight million records are searchable and available for digital download from the county's Genealogy Online web site.

69 W. Washington St. 5th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 603-5656

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
Richard J. Daley Center Room 1001 50 West Washington Chicago, IL 6060 (312) 603-5030 http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/

Archives Department Richard J. Daley Center Room 1113 Contact: Phil Costello (312) 603-6601 (312) 603-4974 fax

Microfilmed copies of the index books are located in Room 1113. Most of the older court files are held in an off-site, suburban warehouse. Records are generally retrieved once a week, on Wednesday. Requests made early in the week make the Wednesday run. Records retrieved on Wednesday are usually available for viewing on Friday.

Chancery Division Richard J. Daley Center Room 802 (312) 603-5133 Hours: M-F: 8AM-5PM; Sun-Sat: 10AM-5PM

Probate Division Richard J. Daley Center Room 1202 (312) 603-6441 Hours: M-F: 8AM-5PM; Sun-Sat: 10AM-5PM