How to Obtain Illinois Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
This page provides information on obtaining copies of Illinois
birth certificates, Illinois marriage licenses, Illinois divorce
decrees and Illinois death records. There are also useful
links to past Illinois Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page
Illinois birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Division of Vital Records
Illinois Department of Public Health
605 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62702-5097
Illinois birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Illinois Department of Public Health may be contacted
by phone on (217) 782-6553 or online at https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/birth-death-other-records
Remarks: State office has records since January 1916
More Illinois Vital Records Resources
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search Illinois
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of Illinois birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
search births,
marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9
Billion records
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