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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Part of Northwest Territory, 1887; part of Indiana Territory, 1800; Illinois Territory, 1809

STATEHOOD
1818

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
1820, 1825, 1830, 1840, 1845, 1855, 1865

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1820

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1916

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1962 (request earlier records on the county level)

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Illinois Department of Public Health
Division of
Vital Records
605 E. Ridgely Ave.
Springfield, IL 62702
(217) 782-6553