Death Records and Death Certificates in Illinois
Illinois Death Records
The population of Illinois was recorded 12,671,821 in 2019; a declined by 69,259 people from July 2018 to July 2019. According to 2018 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Illinois’s population was 71.7% White (60.9% Non-Hispanic White), 5.6% Asian, 5.6% Some Other Race, 14.1% Black or African American, 0.3% Native Americans and Alaskan Native, 0.1% Pacific Islander and 2.7% from two or more races.
This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Illinois death records. Use the links and the tips below for Illinois death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Illinois death certificates is available below.
How to Find a Death Record in Illinois
Illinois death records search
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Illinois death records, Illinois death ceritificates, Illinois death notices, Illinois death indexes, and other related Illinois genealogy records.
Illinois death records free
Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Illinois.
Illinois Death Index
Illinois death records database
Links to Illinois death and burial indexes and databases are as below:
- Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
- Web: Illinois Deaths Index, 1877-1916
- Cook County, Illinois Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833-1889
- Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999
- Adams County, Illinois Deaths Index, 1877-1990
Illinois social security death index
The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Illinois with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:
Public Death Record Illinois
In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:
Illinois Death Certificates
How to get a death certificate in Illinois
Birth and death records in Illinois were kept on a statewide basis from January 1, 1916. Some records are found in the individual counties as early as 1871, and occasionally earlier. Marriage records continue to be kept on a county level for most areas, though the state has kept an index to these records since 1962. For births and deaths prior to 1916, and marriage records prior to 1962, write to the clerk in the county of question. For birth and death records after 1916, and marriages after 1962, write:
Illinois State Vital Records
Office Division of Vital Records
605 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62702-5097
Illinois death certificates online
Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Illinois.
Illinois Death Notices
Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Illinois news agencies.
Illinois counties for death record research
- Adams County
- Alexander County
- Bond County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Bureau County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Champaign County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Coles County
- Cook County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- De Witt County
- DeKalb County
- Douglas County
- DuPage County
- Edgar County
- Edwards County
- Effingham County
- Fayette County
- Ford County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Gallatin County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Iroquois County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jersey County
- Jo Daviess County
- Johnson County
- Kane County
- Kankakee County
- Kendall County
- Knox County
- Lake County
- LaSalle County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Livingston County
- Logan County
- Macon County
- Macoupin County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Mason County
- Massac County
- McDonough County
- McHenry County
- McLean County
- Menard County
- Mercer County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Moultrie County
- Ogle County
- Peoria County
- Perry County
- Piatt County
- Pike County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Randolph County
- Richland County
- Rock Island County
- Saline County
- Sangamon County
- Schuyler County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- St. Clair County
- Stark County
- Stephenson County
- Tazewell County
- Union County
- Vermilion County
- Wabash County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Whiteside County
- Will County
- Williamson County
- Winnebago County
- Woodford County