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Ancestry.com - Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 $

Original source: Cook County Clerk, comp. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 $

Original source: The New York Times (1851-2003), The Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), The Boston Globe (1872-1923), The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend and National Editions) (1921-1975), The Chicago Tribune (1850-1985), The Hartford Courant (1791-1942), The Washington Post (1877-1990), The Atlanta Constitution (1869-1929). Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Cook County Clerk's Office - Genealogy Online

Historical Cook County, Illinois vital records. This is the official website of the Cook County Clerk's office, genealogical records. Register for free to search for birth, marriage, and death records. For a fee, an image of the full record can be immediately viewed online.

Elmer E.Garst’s Little Black Book

Stanford, McLean Co., IL, birth and death dates of hundreds of residents taken from the record book of Elmer E. Garst. From the McLean County Genealogical Society.

FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 ^FREE

Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Illinois. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 ^FREE

Name index and images of certificates of birth as recorded at Cook County, Illinois - including the City of Chicago.

FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915 ^FREE

Name index and images of birth registers as recorded at Cook County, Illinois – including the City of Chicago.

FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956 ^FREE

Images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriage (to 1930) or death (to 1956) in the Diocese of Belleville (Illinois), Roman Catholic Church. The index to some volumes may reference pages within a given volume beyond our current publication dates. As such, these images are not currently available. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes a small number of census, church history, family and financial records.

Illinois Department of Public Health - Vital Records

Provides contact information, fees, and printable forms for obtaining vital records certificates from Illinois.

Illinois State Archives Databases - Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index (1868–1925)

The database indexes nearly 1,335 births that were recorded by the local registrar for the Village of Arthur between 1868 and 1925.

Pape Funeral Home > Genealogical Database

Searchable database of 275,000+ records for births, marriages, deaths, and burials, mostly taken from obituaries to assist with tracing family roots connected to the Danville, Vermilion, Illinois area.

Records Room: Illinois Counties, United States

VitalChek Network - Illinois

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Illinois

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Wheaton Public Library WebCat - Vital Records Index

Index to the birth, marriage and death items printed in the Wheaton, Illinois newspapers. Indexed January 1885 through July 1887 as of 7/11/01.

Where to Write for Vital Records - Illinois

From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).