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Adoptee Rights Law Center - Illinois

Summary of the laws in this state for adoptees and their original birth certificates.

Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Illinois

Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.

Ancestry Wiki – Illinois Vital Records

Ancestry.com - Illinois Marriages to 1850 $

Original source: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Illinois. 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 - Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 $

Original source: With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, or available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. For specific source information listed by county see the extended description above or the see the source information listed for each entry. 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 - Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 $

Original source: Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry. 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 - Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Including baptisms, christenings, divorces, burials, cemeteries and obituaries. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

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FamilySearch - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

FamilySearch - Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934 ^FREE

Name indexes and images of county marriages from the state of Illinois. Currently this collection is 9% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed. Counties: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Champaign, Christian, Clark and Clay.

FamilySearch - 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 - Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 ^FREE

Name index of deaths and stillbirths in Illinois, 1916-1947. Includes records for Cook County and Chicago.

FamilySearch - 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.

FamilySearch - Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935 ^FREE

Name index to marriage 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 Wiki - Illinois Vital Records

An overview of vital records for this state and information for getting them by mail or online.

FamilySearch Wiki – Illinois Divorce Records

Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Illinois

Part of the WPA Historical Records Survey.

I Dream of Genealogy - Illinois Marriage Records

Collection of Illinois marriage records and links.