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How to Find Illinois Death Records (view source)
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| width="25%" | [ | | width="25%" | [https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/death.html Pre-1916, Illinois State Archives Statewide Death Index]<br> | ||
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Copies of death records included in the Pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death Index may be obtained from the Illinois Regional Archives Depository System if IRAD holds death records for that county or from the county clerk in the county where the death occurred. Consult the [ | Copies of death records included in the Pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death Index may be obtained from the Illinois Regional Archives Depository System if IRAD holds death records for that county or from the county clerk in the county where the death occurred. Consult the [https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/IRAD/iradholdings.html Local Governmental Records Holdings Database] to see if IRAD has death records for the county and date of the death you are requesting. Type the search term DEATH in the title field to return all death records in the IRAD holdings. If IRAD does have death records for the county you are searching and for the pertinent time period, write the appropriate IRAD depository and include in your letter all of the information on the death given in the Pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death Index. If the record is not available from IRAD, contact the [http://vitalrec.com/il.html#County county clerk] where the death occurred.<br> | ||
If you were unable to find the death record in the above database, you must search [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s death date and place. | If you were unable to find the death record in the above database, you must search [[Substitute Records For United States Death Information|substitute records]] to locate your ancestor’s death date and place. | ||