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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. For each death, the index includes the name of the decedent, the date of the death, the name of the county where the death occurred ...
Jan 15, 2024 · Type the search term DEATH in the title field to return all death records in the IRAD holdings. If IRAD does have death records for the county you are searching and for the pertinent time period, write the appropriate IRAD depository and include in your letter all of the information on the death given in the Pre-1916 Illinois Statewide Death ...
If you are entering volume and page, certificate number is an optional field. Certificate N. If you are entering data from death certificates, enter the number of the certificate. Valid entries for certificate number may be alphanumeric (e.g., 1560, 199B001). If you are entering certificate numbers, volume and page are optional fields.
Mar 15, 2024 · This collection includes death and stillbirth records for the state of Illinois from 1916 to 1947. The collection contains one page pre-printed death certificate forms filled in by hand or typed. Deaths were not generally recorded at the county level until 1877, although the practice was not universal before 1916. Some records existed in cities prior to 1877. A 1915 statute provided for the ...
