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• Ancestry.com - Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 $

  Original source: Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 $

  Original source: The New York Times (1851-2003), The Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), The Boston Globe (1872-1923), The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend and National Editions) (1921-1975), The Chicago Tribune (1850-1985), The Hartford Courant (1791-1942), The Washington Post (1877-1990), The Atlanta Constitution (1869-1929). Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Chicago Police Department Homicide Record Index

  Compiled by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository System, Northeastern Illinois University.

• Cook County Clerk's Office - Genealogy Online

  Historical Cook County, Illinois vital records. This is the official website of the Cook County Clerk's office, genealogical records. Register for free to search for birth, marriage, and death records. For a fee, an image of the full record can be immediately viewed online.

• Cook County Coroner's Inquest Record Index 1872-1911

  Compiled by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository System, Northeastern Illinois University.

• Elmer E.Garst’s Little Black Book

  Stanford, McLean Co., IL, birth and death dates of hundreds of residents taken from the record book of Elmer E. Garst. From the McLean County Genealogical Society.

• FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records

  • Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records 1729-1956

• FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922 ^FREE

  Name index and images of deaths recorded at Cook County, Illinois - including the City of Chicago. Deaths for Cook County (excluding the City of Chicago) are missing for the years 1910-1915.

• FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 ^FREE

  Name index of deaths and stillbirths in Illinois, 1916-1947. Includes records for Cook County and Chicago.

• FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1729-1956 ^FREE

  Images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriage (to 1930) or death (to 1956) in the Diocese of Belleville (Illinois), Roman Catholic Church. The index to some volumes may reference pages within a given volume beyond our current publication dates. As such, these images are not currently available. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes a small number of census, church history, family and financial records.

• FamilySearch.org - Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index from the "Pekin Times", 1914-2007 ^FREE

  Images of an obituary card index at the Pekin Public Library.

• Illinois Department of Public Health - Vital Records

  Provides contact information, fees, and printable forms for obtaining vital records certificates from Illinois.

• Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950

  This database provides listings of death certificates filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health between 1916 and 1950. As a result of 1989 legislation, that agency makes available for public inspection at the Illinois State Archives only copies of death certificates produced 50 years ago or longer (410 Illinois Compiled Statutes 535/24).

• Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916

  The pre–1916 Illinois death index is an ongoing project coordinated by the Illinois State Archives. The sources for this index include original county clerks' death records, such as death registers and licenses. The first legislation in Illinois regarding recordation of births and deaths was enacted in 1819 at the second session of the First General Assembly. [Laws of Illinois 1819, p. 233).

• Illinois State Archives Databases - Mattoon Death Certificate Registers Index (1899–1918)

  The database indexes nearly 3,600 death records that were recorded by the local registrar in the City of Mattoon.

• Illinois State Death Certificates

  Copies of Illinois State Death Certificates (1916-1947) by mail.

• Online Chicago & Cook County Death Indexes & Records (Illinois)

  Directory of online Cook County death indexes, obituaries & cemetery listings.

• Pape Funeral Home > Genealogical Database

  Searchable database of 275,000+ records for births, marriages, deaths, and burials, mostly taken from obituaries to assist with tracing family roots connected to the Danville, Vermilion, Illinois area.

• PGSA - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index Search 1890-1929

  Death notices from Chicago's Polish daily newspaper.

• PGSA - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notice Index Search 1930-1971

  Death notices from Chicago's Polish daily newspaper.