Certificates show county and city in which death took place; certificate number; address where death took place; sometimes the voting ward of that address; the deceased's full name, sex, marital status, birth date, age at death, occupation, employer, and city and state of birthplace; father's name and birthplace; mother's maiden name and birthplace; name of the informant providing the above information; the filing date; and the name of the registrar.
Also included are the date of death; indication if an inquest was held; sometimes the duration of the causal condition and the type of secondary contributory cause; the coroner's signature, address, and telephone number; the date of the coroner's signature; sometimes the length of residence if at an institution and the place where the contributory disease was contracted if not at the place of death; the burial place and date; and the undertaker's name and address.
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Prior to November 15, , the Illinois State Archives offered free uncertified copies of death certificates dating from to to all who requested them by email, telephone, or postal mail. Because the demand for those records overwhelmed staff resources that service was discontinued.
Researchers may obtain copies of death certificates dated on or after January 1, by:. Please do not send requests for copies of death records found in the Illinois Statewide Death Index — to regional depositories. Researchers should remember that the death index may contain spelling errors, incorrect data about the death and erroneous entries. Every attempt was made by the Illinois Department of Public Health to obtain accurate spellings of names.
However, because the index was created from the original usually handwritten documents, the spellings of names were sometimes misinterpreted. Misspellings and incorrect data were also introduced simply through human error. When searching this index, we suggest that researchers check alternative spellings of names if they do not find an entry for the name for which they are searching.
For example, the Illinois Department of Public Health may have data entered that contains incorrect vowels in spelling a name e.
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Entering only the first few letters of a surname may be a more effective method of searching the database. Names beginning with prefixes such as Mc, Mac, O, Du, De, La, and Le may be spelled with or without a space between the prefix and the remainder of the surname. For example, you will find both Mc Donald and McDonald in the index as well as several entries that were entered as Mc Donald. You must search all possible spellings to effectively locate persons with these prefixed surnames. The index also may contain incorrect information concerning the death. For example, the county of death may be shown as Lake County in the index, but the death actually occurred in La Salle County.
If you are unable to locate an ancestor in the death index, you should try a statewide search rather than limiting the search to a single county. Thank you Mick. The records that the editor mentions that are at the Lincoln Library are a nice thing to look at but very limited. They help piece together parts of your puzzles though.
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I have a very sad memory of being in the Sangamon collection and seeing many cardboard boxes around the perimeter of the room marked insane records. I was noticing online that someone at RootsWeb is trying to find out who are in the graves at the Alms House Cemetery. I have been on those grounds and it gave me the feeling of connection to my grandmother. Maybe you can help the person collecting cemetery records somehow? Deb: Thanks for the note. We must be related but how? Again, I am sorry. Every time I get to Spfld. Anyway, I do gab alot that is where I learned was the last poor farm book listing the inmates.
Was told later, a gentleman has been clearing this on his own and trying to find names. So those numbers havee to match up with the records…. Think you all are tired of my rambling by now. Thank you all — even the Editor. Thanks for reading. Here I am again.
Buttt, like the energizer bunny — we keep going and going and hoping! At that time I was 17 and there was a three bedroom red brick home that set to the east of the red barn that sits there now. There are people buried there too. Once a nice old man in his 80s came driving down that long drive in a very old Model T Ford. Anyway I do a little about the history there if interested. You can email me at mkienzler msn. My name is Megan Birk, and I am a university professor in Texas. Can someone keep the rest of us posted as to what they will be doing, etc.
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