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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
