Illinois Online Birth, Marriage, Death Records

United States Illinois  Illinois Online Birth, Marriage, Death Records

Illinois birth, marriage and death records are available online through a variety of state and local libraries, archives, and societies and through genealogy websites, such as FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.

No single website covers all records for all counties. Some Illinois county clerks (Cook, Champaign, Lake, Kane, Kankakee) have their own genealogy websites with indexes to county records, and the option to purchase official copies.

Not all Illinois birth, marriage and death records have been indexed. An official record may exist, even if not found in the databases mentioned below.

Birth  How to find births Search these Illinois collections:  at FamilySearch. Index only (Free) 1877-1940: Most entries were indexed from microfilmed county records. 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. 28 counties are missing from this index. For a list of counties included, see Coverage Table  </ul> <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch. Index only (Free)

</li><span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch. Index only (Free) Birth Registers were recorded in a book. Certificates are copies of individual birth certificates and contain some information than the Registers. For further explanation, see wiki articles for Cook County Birth Certificates and Cook County Birth Registers </li></ul> </li>Check both, as there are differences and some overlap. </li>Indexed from microfilmed county records. If the "GSU Film number" is listed in the index entry, request a copy certificate using FamilySearch Photoduplication Request </li></ul> </li></ul> </li></ul> Cook County Illinois Historic Vital Records at Cook County Genealogy Online. Index only (Free) births 75 years ago or before </li>Purchase copies online through Cook County. Free or low-cost copies may also be available via IRAD or FamilySearch Photoduplication Request </li></ul> </li></ul>

Marriage
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 * Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 at Illinois State Archives. Index only. (Free)
 * at FamilySearch. Index and images. (Free)
 * About 48 of the 102 counties are in this collection. Click to see the coverage table.
 * Over 1 million entries as of May 2013


 * at FamilySearch. Index only (Free)
 * Over 636,000 entries as of 2012


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


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


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


 * Marriages to 1930 (Catholic) at FamilySearch, Diocese of Belleville Parish Registers. Browse images. (Free)

Cook County and Chicago
 * Cook County at cookcountygenealogy.com. (Free index, $ for images)
 * marriages 50 years ago or before


 * Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 at FamilySearch. Index only (Free)
 * Over 865,000 entries as of 2012

Death
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 * at FamilySearch. Index only. (Free)
 * indexed from images of original records at the Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield
 * as of June 2014 still index only. may include images later
 * may be able to get images through FamilySearch Photoduplication Services


 * Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 at Ancestry.com. Index only. (Free /$)
 * original data from FamilySearch Index (immediately above)


 * Illinois Statewide Death Certificate Database, 1916-1950 at Illinois State Archives. Index only. (Free)
 * Information about how to obtain copies of death certificates before 1916 and after 1915 is included.


 * Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916 at Illinois State Archives. Index only.  (Free)
 * incomplete, on-going project
 * IRAD holdings, with instructions on obtain records from them are included
 * a list of Counties and date spans currently included is included
 * sources include original county clerks' death records


 * at FamilySearch. Index only. (Free)
 * Only deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning 1962 are included, so many unrecorded deaths are not in this index.
 * several organizations have purchased this file and posted it to their web sites.
 * Name and birth date were provided by an informant and may be inaccurate; barring data entry error the other information is reliable.


 * Cook County Illinois Historic Vital Records at Cook County. (Free index, $ for certificates)
 * deaths 20 years or more ago


 * Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 at FamilySearch. Index only. (Free)
 * deaths for Cook County (excluding the City of Chicago) are missing for the years 1910-1915 **date from original records in the Cook County Clerk's office
 * image copies are available through FamilySearch Photoduplication Services


 * Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records at FamilySearch. index + browse images. (Free)
 * deaths to 1956
 * image copies available through FamilySearch Photoduplication Services