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Illinois Department of Public Health - Birth, Death and Other Records

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

Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System - Databases

This page is an index of the databases on the site. It includes Carroll County Birth Certificates Index (1877–1913), Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899–1918), and Arthur Local Registrar's Birth Certificates Index (1868–1925).

Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Death Certificates, 1916

This database provides listings of death certificates filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health between 1916 and 1950. As a result of 1989 legislation, that agency makes available for public inspection at the Illinois State Archives only copies of death certificates produced 50 years ago or longer (410 Illinois Compiled Statutes 535/24).

Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916

The pre–1916 Illinois death index is an ongoing project coordinated by the Illinois State Archives. The sources for this index include original county clerks' death records, such as death registers and licenses.

Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

Since 1985 the Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) has cooperated with the Illinois State Archives to create an index to Illinois marriages occurring prior to 1901. Today more than one million marriages, or two million names, are included in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. The sources for this index include original county clerks' marriage records, such as marriage registers and licenses, as well as publications of county genealogical societies and private individuals.

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.

Online Illinois Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

A Genealogy Records Guide by Joe Beine.

PGSA - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index Search 1890-1929

Death notices from Chicago's Polish daily newspaper.

PGSA - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index Search 1930-1971

Death notices from Chicago's Polish daily newspaper.

Secret Death Records - Not Listed on the Social Security Death Index

Searchable index of more than 15 million death records from California, Florida, Illinois, Maine and Texas that are not listed on the government's Social Security Death Index.

The Quincy Herald-Whig: Death Notices

USGenWeb Archives

Vital Records US - Illinois Vital Records

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

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.

Where to Write for Vital Records - Illinois

From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).