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Before 1877, only 30% of the counties in Illinois recorded birth records. Search {{RecordSearch|1676968|Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940}} at FamilySearch to see if your ancestor's birth record was included.  
Before 1877, only 30% of the counties in Illinois recorded birth records. Search {{RecordSearch|1676968|Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940}} at FamilySearch to see if your ancestor's birth record was included.  
The following chart lists those records, with the approximate years of birth covered by those records. (See explanation below the chart)


*See [[Illinois Genealogy Records with Birth Information|Get birth information before 1877]] for a list of records, the birth years they cover, and what they will tell you.
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| width="110%" bgcolor="#E6C2FF" colspan="4" | <center>'''Illinois Records with Birth Information'''</center>
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | <center>'''For people<br>born between '''</center>
| width="20%" | <center>'''Use these records''' </center>
| width="35%" | <center>'''Birth information provided'''</center>
| width="40%" | <center>'''Comments'''</center>
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1750's-1770's
| width="20%" | Revolutionary War pensions, etc. <br>[[Illinois Military Records#Revolutionary War (1775-1783)|Learn more]] 
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Birth date (month, day, year)
*Birth place (town or county and state)
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*None of the men in these records would have been born in Illinois
*Only men were soldiers, widows could apply
*Many Revolutionary War pensioners moved to Illinois
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1770's - 1840's
| width="20%" | Censuses before 1850 <br>[[Illinois Census|Learn more]]
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*Name of head of the household
*Number of males and females in age groups
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*Residence of the parents near the time of birth is clue to birthplace
*Use other censuses, marriages, and additional records to learn more
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1770's - 1870 
| width="20%" | Censuses 1850-1870<br>[[Illinois Census|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Age
*Birth place (state or nation)
*Gender
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*Birth years calculated for a 70-year-old. Most were younger.
*1870 census indicates if born within the year
*While relationships are not given, they are often implied by order of ages and birth places.
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1780's to present
| width="20%" | Marriage records (started at county creation, 1812-on) <br>[[Illinois Vital Records#Online_Illinois_Marriage_Indexes_and_Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Age, "of age," or "minor" in early records
*Birth date more common since 1880's
*Place of birth in later records
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*Birth years based on first time marriages of people between 16-30. People older than 30 would have been born even earlier.
*Remember that people who married in the earliest years would NOT have been born in Illinois
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1780's (few); 1820's-1850's (Civil War)
| width="20%" | Military Records 1812 and later<br>[[Illinois Military Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Birth date and place (or only age)
| width="40%" |
*Most soldiers were between 18-45 at time of service
*Men only, widows could apply for pensions
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1790's to present
| width="20%" | Church records<br>[[Illinois Church Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Names of members
*Baptism or christening date
*Age at baptism
*For children, names of parents
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*Churches vary greatly in the birth information they record
*Some have no record of children until they reach baptismal age
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1790's to present
| width="20%" | Cemeteries<br> [[Illinois Cemeteries#Online_Resources|Learn more]]
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*Name
*Birth date or age
*Married surname of a woman
*Maiden surname common in later years  
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*Most markers that still exist are from the 1850's and later
*Weathering, floods, vandalism and other factors affect the readability of early tombstones
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | early 1800's to present
| width="20%" | Obituaries<br>[[Illinois Obituaries#Obituary_Resources_Online|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Birth date (usually month, day, year)
*Birth place (usually town or county and state or nation)
*Names of parents
*Mother's maiden surname (often)
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*These were popular since 1870's
*Also includes names of living relatives (spouse, children, siblings)
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1807 to at least 1920's
| width="20%" | Death records - County (started 1877)<br>[[Illinois Vital Records#Online_Illinois_Death_Indexes_and_Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Age at death or birth date
*Place of birth (town or county and state)
*Names of parents
*Maiden surname of mother (sometimes)
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*A 70-year-old who died in 1877 was born about 1807. Most were younger than that.
*Infants who lived even a few hours should be included.
*Even in the early years, deaths were likely to be recorded. (Check cemeteries, obituaries, and others created around a person's death)
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1810 to 1940
| width="20%" | Censuses 1880-1940<br>[[Illinois Census|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Age; 1900 census gives month and year of birth
*Birth place (state or nation).
*Gender
*Relationship to head of household
| width="40%" |
*A 70-year-old would have been born in 1810. Most were younger.
*Includes parent's place of birth (state or nation)
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| align="center" colspan="3" | '''A partial list of records that may include birth information:'''
| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1846 to present
| width="20%" | Death records - State (started 1916)<br>[[Illinois Vital Records#Online_Illinois_Death_Indexes_and_Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Exact birth date
*Age at death
*Place of birth (state or nation, often town or county)
*Names of parents (usually maiden surname of mother)
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*A 70-year-old who died in 1916 was born about 1846. Most were younger.
*Also gives informant's name and address (often a spouse, child, or other close relative)
*Records within the last 50 years are not available to the public
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1870's on
| width="20%" |Newspapers<br> [[Illinois Newspapers|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |  
| width="35%" |  
:[[Illinois Vital Records|Death Records]]
*Gender of child, sometimes name
:[[Illinois Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]
*Name of father
:[[Illinois Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*Name of mother (less often)
 
*Their residence
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*Search for birth announcements and items from nearby communities
*Newspapers started early in more populated areas
*their residence, and gender of the child.
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| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1877 to at least 1920's
| width="20%" | Birth records - County (started 1877) <br>[[Illinois Vital Records#Birth_Records|Learn more]]  
| width="35%" |  
| width="35%" |  
:[[Illinois Church Records|Church Records]]
*Name
:[[Illinois Census|Census]]
*Birth date (Month, day, year)
:[[Illinois Military Records|Military Records]]
*Birth place (town or county)
*Names of father and mother
*Maiden surname of mother (often)
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*Some births went unrecorded, especially in the early years of the law
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| align="center" colspan="3" | See also [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to <br>learn your ancestor’s birth date and place.</center>
| width="15%" bgcolor="#FAFOFF" | 1916 - present
| width="20%" | Birth records - State (started 1916) <br>[[Illinois Vital Records#Birth_Records|Learn more]]
| width="35%" |
*Name
*Month, day and year of birth  
*Birth place (town or county)
*Names of father and mother
*Often gives maiden surname of mother
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*Records within the last 100 years are not available to public
*Seldom includes stillbirths


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