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  Illinois Census Records 
Numerous Searchable Illinois Directories 
  
(1890 Peoria Directory, 1855 Springfield Directory)  
 

Illinois Vital Records Information

Vital records can be invaluable while researching your family. Those interested in Illinois genealogy can find information such as mother's maiden names, previous address and next of kin. Below you will find information about finding these types of genealogy records in Illinois.

Order Birth and Death Records Online

Address:
Division of Vital Records
Illinois Department of Public Health
605 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62702-5097

Birth and death records
$10.00 per copy (see below)
 

State office has records since January 1916. For earlier records and for copies of State records since January 1916, write to County Clerk in county where event occurred. The fee for a search of the State files is $10.00. If the record is found, one certification is issued at no additional charge. Additional certifications of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each. The fee for a full certified copy is $15.00. Additional certified copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each.  Money orders, certified checks, or personal checks should be made payable to Illinois Department of Public Health.  Call (217) 782-6553 to verify current fees.

State marriage records
$5.00 per copy

Marriage Index is available since January 1962.

State divorce records
$5.00 per copy

Divorce Index is available since January 1962.

Useful Illinois Sites

The Genealogy Store - Illinois
Historical Maps of Illinois

Illinois Databases

Woodford county, Illinois, Illinois Prairie District library, obituaries, 1887-2000
Illinois Marriages to 1850
Cook County, Illinois History
Illinois Society of the S.A.R. Yearbook, 1896
Piatt County, Illinois Marriage and Cemetery Records, 1841-53
Lombard, Illinois Newspaper Obituaries, 1929-53
Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records, 1720-1865
Illinois Public Land Purchase Records
Champaign, Illinois Newspaper Index, 1892
Illinois Marriage Records, 1851-1900
Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842
Joliet, Illinois Directories, 1884-92
Evanston, Illinois Directories, 1890-93
Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials
Rock Island and Moline, Illinois Directories, 1882-92
Illinois Quaker Records
Quincy, Illinois Directories, 1887-90
Elmhurst Press (Elmhurst, Illinois) Obituaries, 1988-98
Wunders Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois

Illinois Genealogy Society

P.O. Box 10195
Springfield 62791-0195

Illinois Genealogy Sites

ILGenWeb
Illinois Genealogy Books
Illinois Facts