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 '''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
-Statewide registration of births began in 1909 in Illinois with general compliance by 1926.
+Minnesota gained statehood in 1816. Statewide registration of deaths began in 1916. General compliance followed in 1910.<br>
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 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Illinois Birth Records#Births_before_1877|Births before 1877]]'''</span>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Illinois Birth Records#Births_betwee_1877_to_1916|Births from 1855 thru 1937]]'''</span>
+:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Illinois Birth Records#Births_betwee_1877_to_1916|Births from 1877 thru 1916]]'''</span>
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Illinois Birth Records#Births_from_1916|Births from 1916]]'''</span><span style="font-size:120%" />
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Estimate United States Birth Information|I don't know when the birth is]]'''</span>
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 == '''Births before 1877'''  ==
-Before 1855, no births were recorded by the state or county. You must search [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s birth date and place.
+Before 1877, no births were recorded by the state or county. You must search [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s birth date and place.
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 == '''Births between 1877 and 1916'''  ==
-Records dating from 1855 are available for a few counties. In July 1909, counties began sending birth records to the state for registration.
+In 1877, Illinois required all births be reported to the county clerk, although many were not reported because compliance was not enforced. The statewide registration began in 1916 with full compliance by 1922.
-If you cannot locate your ancestor in the database below, try searching for birth information in [[User:Mcbridelw/Sandbox 5|other records]].
 For births that exist during this time period, try the following database:
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 | width="50%" | [http://genealogy.az.gov/ Arizona Births, 1855-1937]
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 | align="left" colspan="2" | '''Can't find your ancestor in the index?'''
 | [[Tips for Searching an Online Index|Tips for searching indexes]]
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 | align="left" colspan="2" | '''No birth record for your ancestor?'''
 | [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|Other records with birth information]]
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