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County Marriage Birth Death Probate Deeds Court County
Board		 Organized County
Seat
Adams

Fact Sheet		 1825 1877 1877 1826 1817 1825 1825 1825* Quincy
Alexander

Fact Sheet		 1819 1877 1878 1819 1818 1821 1819 1819 Cairo
Bond

Fact Sheet		 1817 1877 1877 1821 1817 1817 1817 1817 Greenville
Boone

Fact Sheet		 1838 1877 1877 1840 1838 1838 1836 1837 Belvidere
Brown

Fact Sheet		 1839 1878 1878 1839 1817 1837 1839 1839* Mt Sterling
Bureau

Fact Sheet		 1837 1878 1878 1837 1817 1837 1837 1837 Princeton
Calhoun

Fact Sheet		 1825 1878 1878 1833 1825 1825 1825 1825 Hardin
Carroll

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1837 1837 1839 1839 Mt Carroll
Cass

Fact Sheet		 1837 1878 1874 1837 1826 1837 1837 1837 Virginia
Champaign

Fact Sheet		 1833 1878 1878 1833 1833 1836 1833 1833 Urbana
Christian

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1828 1839 1839 1839 Taylorville
Clark

Fact Sheet		 1819 1865 1865 1820 1816 1821 1833 1819* Marshall
Clay

Fact Sheet		 1825 1877 1877 1827 1825 1825 1825 1824 Louisville
Clinton

Fact Sheet		 1825 1877 1877 1825 1818 1825 1825 1824 Carlyle
Coles

Fact Sheet		 1831 1878 1877 1830 1830 1831 1832 1830 Charleston
Cook

Fact Sheet		 1856 1871 1871 1850 1871 1871 1871 1831* Chicago
Crawford

Fact Sheet		 1817 1877 1877 1818 1816 1817 1817 1816 Robinson
Cumberland

Fact Sheet		 1880 1885 1844 1884 1885 1885 1885 1841* Greenup
DeKalb

Fact Sheet		 1837 1877 1878 1837 1838 1838 1837 1837 Sycamore
DeWitt

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1878 1839 1828 1839 1839 1839 Clinton
Douglas

Fact Sheet		 1859 1877 1877 1859 1830 1859 1859 1859 Tuscola
DuPage

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1835 1839 1839 1839 Wheaton
Edgar

Fact Sheet		 1823 1877 1877 1823 1823 1823 1823 1823 Paris
Edwards

Fact Sheet		 1815 1877 1877 1815 1815 1815 1815 1814 Albion
Effingham

Fact Sheet		 1833 1877 1877 1838 1833 1833 1833 1832 Effingham
Fayette

Fact Sheet		 1821 1860 1877 1821 1816 1821 1821 1821 Vandalia
Ford

Fact Sheet		 1859 1878 1878 1859 1834 1859 1859 1859 Paxton
Franklin

Fact Sheet		 1835 1877 1877 1837 1835 1836 1846 1818* Benton
Fulton

Fact Sheet		 1824 1878 1878 1827 1817 1824 1829 1823 Lewistown
Gallatin

Fact Sheet		 1813 1878 1878 1814 1813 1813 1807 1812* Shawneetown
Greene

Fact Sheet		 1821 1877 1877 1821 1821 1821 1821 1821 Carrollton
Grundy

Fact Sheet		 1841 1876 1878 1841 1832 1837 1841 1841 Morris
Hamilton

Fact Sheet		 1821 1878 1878 1821 1823 1821 1821 1821 McLeansboro
Hancock

Fact Sheet		 1829 1877 1878 1830 1817 1829 1829 1829 Carthage
Hardin

Fact Sheet		 1884 1884 1884 1884 1814 1878 1884 1839* Elizabethtown
Henderson

Fact Sheet		 1841 1877 1878 1839 1818 1841 1841 1841 Oquawka
Henry

Fact Sheet		 1837 1877 1877 1839 1836 1837 1837 1837 Cambridge
Iroquois

Fact Sheet		 1866 1878 1878 1834 1834 1834 1867 1833* Watseka
Jackson

Fact Sheet		 1843 1877 1877 1840 1814 1843 1823 1816* Murphysboro
Jasper

Fact Sheet		 1835 1877 1877 1835 1835 1835 1835 1834 Newton
Jefferson

Fact Sheet		 1819 1877 1877 1820 1816 1819 1819 1819 Mt Vernon
Jersey

Fact Sheet		 1839 1878 1877 1839 1822 1839 1839 1839 Jerseyville
JoDaviess

Fact Sheet		 1830 1877 1877 1828 1828 1827 1827 1827 Galena
Johnson

Fact Sheet		 1835 1878 1878 1821 1809 1812 1813 1812 Vienna
Kane

Fact Sheet		 1836 1877 1877 1836 1836 1836 1836 1836* Geneva
Kankakee

Fact Sheet		 1853 1877 1877 1853 1832 1853 1853 1853 Kankakee
Kendall

Fact Sheet		 1835 1877 1877 1847 1839 1841 1842 1841 Yorkville
Knox

Fact Sheet		 1837 1877 1877 1830 1818 1836 1830 1830 Galesburg
Lake

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1839 1840 1839 1839 Waukegan
LaSalle

Fact Sheet		 1831 1868 1870 1831 1831 1831 1831 1831 Ottawa
Lawrence

Fact Sheet		 1821 1878 1878 1821 1818 1820 1821 1821 Lawrenceville
Lee

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1838 1840 1839 1839 Dixon
Livingston

Fact Sheet		 1837 1877 1878 1837 1835 1839 1837 1837 Pontiac
Logan

Fact Sheet		 1857 1878 1878 1855 1829 1857 1867 1839* Lincoln
Macon

Fact Sheet		 1829 1877 1877 1831 1827 1829 1829 1829 Decatur
Macoupin

Fact Sheet		 1829 1877 1877 1829 1829 1829 1829 1829 Carlinville
Madison

Fact Sheet		 1813 1858 1877 1813 1802 1803 1813 1812 Edwardsville
Marion

Fact Sheet		 1823 1877 1877 1823 1819 1823 1823 1823 Salem
Marshall

Fact Sheet		 1839 1870 1877 1839 1839 1840 1839 1839 Lacon
Mason

Fact Sheet		 1841 1878 1877 1841 1827 1841 1841 1841 Havana
Massac

Fact Sheet		 1843 1877 1877 1843 1843 1843 1843 1843 Metropolis
McDonough

Fact Sheet		 1830 1870 1870 1833 1817 1830 1831 1830 Macomb
McHenry

Fact Sheet		 1837 1877 1877 1840 1838 1838 1837 1836 Woodstock
McLean

Fact Sheet		 1831 1877 1877 1831 1831 1831 1831 1830* Bloomington
Menard

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1821 1839 1833 1839 Petersburg
Mercer

Fact Sheet		 1835 1877 1877 1837 1834 1836 1835 1835 Aledo
Monroe

Fact Sheet		 1816 1877 1878 1820 1816 1816 1816 1816 Waterloo
Montgomery

Fact Sheet		 1821 1862 1877 1821 1819 1821 1821 1821 Hillsboro
Morgan

Fact Sheet		 1827 1851 1851 1824 1824 1828 1827 1823* Jacksonville
Moultrie

Fact Sheet		 1843 1877 1877 1845 1831 1849 1843 1843* Sullivan
Ogle

Fact Sheet		 1837 1878 1878 1836 1836 1837 1837 1837 Oregon
Peoria

Fact Sheet		 1825 1878 1877 1825 1818 1825 1825 1825 Peoria
Perry

Fact Sheet		 1827 1845 1878 1828 1817 1827 1827 1827 Pinckneyville
Piatt

Fact Sheet		 1841 1877 1877 1843 1840 1841 1843 1841 Monticello
Pike

Fact Sheet		 1827 1876 1877 1821 1818 1819 1821 1821* Pittsfield
Pope

Fact Sheet		 1813 1877 1877 1816 1816 1817 1816 1816 Golconda
Pulaski

Fact Sheet		 1861 1882 1882 1862 1843 1857 1873 1843* Mound City
Putnam

Fact Sheet		 1831 1877 1877 1831 1831 1831 1831 1831 Hennepin
Randolph

Fact Sheet		 1724 1877 1877 1722 1724 1722 1795 1795 Chester
Richland

Fact Sheet		 1841 1877 1877 1841 1836 1842 1841 1841 Olney
Rock Island

Fact Sheet		 1833 1861 1877 1835 1835 1834 1833 1833 Rock Island
Saline

Fact Sheet		 1845 1877 1878 1847 1817 1848 1847 1847 Harrisburg
Sangamon

Fact Sheet		 1821 1877 1877 1821 1822 1821 1821 1821 Springfield
Schuyler

Fact Sheet		 1825 1877 1877 1825 1817 1825 1825 1825 Rushville
Scott

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1823 1839 1839 1839 Winchester
Shelby

Fact Sheet		 1827 1877 1877 1831 1827 1827 1860 1827* Shelbyville
Stark

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1817 1839 1839 1839 Toulon
St. Clair

Fact Sheet		 1763 1830 1843 1772 1786 1778 1790 1790 Belleville
Stephenson

Fact Sheet		 1837 1878 1878 1837 1837 1837 1837 1837 Freeport
Tazewell

Fact Sheet		 1827 1878 1878 1827 1824 1827 1827 1827 Pekin
Union

Fact Sheet		 1818 1867 1877 1818 1818 1818 1818 1818 Jonesboro
Vermilion

Fact Sheet		 1826 1877 1877 1826 1826 1826 1826 1826 Danville
Wabash

Fact Sheet		 1857 1877 1877 1851 1857 1857 1825 1824* Mt Carmel
Warren

Fact Sheet		 1831 1877 1875 1830 1800 1832 1830 1830 Monmouth
Washington

Fact Sheet		 1831 1877 1877 1818 1815 1818 1818 1818 Nashville
Wayne

Fact Sheet		 1859 1870 1886 1886 1865 1819 1886 1819* Fairfield
White

Fact Sheet		 1816 1877 1877 1816 1816 1816 1816 1815 Carmi
Whiteside

Fact Sheet		 1857 1877 1877 1839 1838 1838 1839 1839 Morrison
Will

Fact Sheet		 1836 1877 1877 1837 1835 1836 1836 1836 Joliet
Williamson

Fact Sheet		 1839 1877 1877 1839 1818 1840 1839 1839 Marion
Winnebago

Fact Sheet		 1838 1877 1877 1837 1836 1836 1836 1836 Rockford
Woodford

Fact Sheet		 1841 1877 1877 1841 1831 1841 1841 1841 Eureka

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