GuidedResearch:Illinois

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Birth

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Birth - Where can I find birth records?

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• 1820s-1940s: Illinois Birth Collections at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940
Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915
Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940
Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925

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Marriage

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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?

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• 1800s-1980s: Illinois Marriage Collections at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935
Illinois, Church Marriages, 1805-1985
Illinois, Civil Marriages, 1833-1889
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920
Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940
Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925

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• 1587-1959: Illinois United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)

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Death

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Death - Where can I find death records?

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• 1870s-2000s: Illinois Death Collections at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947
Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994
Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974
Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989
Illinois, Cook County, Maywood, Maywood Herald Obituary Card Index, 1885-2002
Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990
Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981
Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index from the "Pekin Times", 1914-2007
Illinois, Chicago, Catholic Church Records, 1833-1925
United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index

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• Pre-1916: Illinois Statewide Death Index at Illinois State Archives

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