Chicago Marriage Records Genealogy

Official marriage records provide information about whether a marriage is legally valid the names of both parties to the marriage and when the wedding took place.

Chicago marriage records genealogy.

Marriage certificates older than 50 years. The marriage entries from this index are included in the illinois statewide marriage index 1763 1900 with fink in the license number field. Hire an experienced chicago researcher to help answer your research questions. Vital records from chicago newspapers vol.

Chicago city council proceedings. Death certificates older than 20 years. However other resources like the sam fink index can sometimes be helpful in the pre 1871 period for chicago genealogy research. Vital records from chicago newspapers vol.

Find out about the construction of the illinois and michigan canal beginning in 1827 the. Explore this collection of early petitions ordinances communications and other official records from 1827 1933 to discover how police and fire protection public works schools and taxation originated in chicago. 2 genealogy gophers. Patrick catholic church chicago illinois baptism and marriage records 1846 1957.

In 1962 an illinois register of marriage began. Please note the chicago fire of october 8 1871 destroyed all county vital records prior to that date. Chicago vital records and obituaries indexes birth marriage and death records cook county and chicago death indexes. Communion records 1896 1915 death records 1911 1916.

Some of the matching records can be found in ancestry s historical newspapers birth marriage death announcements 1851 2003 which includes the chicago tribune 1850 1985. Be aware that some records were lost in the chicago fire of 1871. To order online visit the clerk s website genealogy online. Patrick 1898 1956 family history library vital records from chicago newspapers vol.

Patrick catholic church chicago illinois baptism and marriage records 1846 1957. Under illinois law genealogical records are defined as. I will do my best to meet your needs. Marriage licenses county clerk before getting married in chicago or suburban cook county couples must obtain a marriage license from the cook county clerk s office.

2 genealogy gophers. Most of the marriage records prior to 1871 were destroyed by the great chicago fire. Birth certificates older than 75 years. Chicago marriage records provide information about marriage licenses certificates and registries in chicago illinois.

Marriage records were submitted to the county clerk by the ministers or justices of the peace who performed the marriages. By the early 1900s most events were recorded on pre printed forms.