Illinois State Archives Databases - Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

Since 1985 the Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) has cooperated with the Illinois State Archives to create an index to Illinois marriages occurring prior to 1901. Today more than one million marriages, or two million names, are included in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. The sources for this index include original county clerks' marriage records, such as marriage registers and licenses, as well as publications of county genealogical societies and private individuals.

Illinois Vital Records - Adoption Records

MyVitalRec.com - Illinois Vital Records

Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Alternate search functions for many online databases. Includes tools for immigration, census, vital records, calendars, soundex, foreign alphabets, Jewish and Holocaust research.

Online Illinois Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

A Genealogy Records Guide by Joe Beine.

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.

RootDig.com - Illinois State Death Certificates

Article by Michael John Neill.

RootDig.com - Illinois State Marriage Index Hints

Article by Michael John Neill describes some searching techniques for the free online Illinois Marriage Index (1761-1900 at the Illinois State Archives web site.

RootDig.com - Using the Online Illinois Death Certificate Index

Article by Michael John Neill.

The Quincy Herald-Whig: Death Notices

USGenWeb Archives

Vital Records US - Illinois Vital Records

Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.

VitalChek Network - Illinois

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Illinois

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Where to Write for Vital Records - Illinois

From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

WorldVitalRecords.com - Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages 1771 - 1825 $

Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages 1771-1825. Eliza Timberlake Davis. (1941). Frederick County, with Augusta County, at one time embraced all of West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The 4,000 marriage records compiled in this volume (mostly bonds and ministers' returns) should be of particular interest to researchers whose forebears crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains.