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
Online


 * 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 CookCountyGenealogy.com
 * for births 75 years ago or before
 * free index; can order records for a fee


 * at FamilySearch (Index only)
 * Most entries in this collection have been indexed from microfilmed county records, 1877 and later.
 * Some have been submitted by individuals
 * For a list of counties in this collection (July 2013), see Coverage Table

Results of Your Search

 * I didn't find them yet. There is hope. See these articles:
 * - 1877 and later: How to Find Illinois Birth Records
 * - Before 1877: Get Birth Information Before 1877


 * YES! I found them! Consider contributing the information and where you found it to:
 * - FamilySearch.org Family Tree and/or
 * - Ancestry.com trees

Marriage
Online


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


 * at FamilySearch. 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, can order records for a fee.
 * for marriages 50 years ago or before


 * Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 at FamilySearch. Index and images


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


 * at FamilySearch. Index and images, incomplete (yet the largest of the FamilySearch marriage collections listed as of June 2014).

Death
Death records usually give birth information. Online


 * 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