Illinois Public Records Search online by County

Below is a list of Illinois counties with links to public records they offer online. This list will be updated with links to more public records online.

These records include:

• land and property records searches at Assessor

• recorded documents like deeds, marriages at Recorder

• property tax and possibly other tax searches at Taxes

• GIS and plat surveys at GIS & Maps

• probate, criminal, civil, small claims, family, traffic, etc at Court

A -w after a listing, this means there’s no online data, it’s just a website.

Search onsite holdings of Government Records offices (IRAD)

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database

Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index

Local Governmental Records Database

Name Index to Illinois Local Governments

*Bureau County has links to Birth and Marriage Certificate searches will direct you to Bureau County Genealogy

* Clinton County has genealogy records and performs searches for $10

*Franklin County accepts genealogy requests for research

*Lake County has a Genealogy Records Search and list of Genealogical Societies search records link of online resources

*Montgomery County Recorder vital records requests

*Perry County Recorder accepts mailed requests for genealogy research, see fee

*Warren County Recorder has vital records/genealogy records lookups then fee for copy

Historical Public Record collections

Cass County – Public Records – Cass County, Illinois Almshouse Register, 1887-1945, at FS

Otter Creek Township – Public Records – Otter Creek Township, Greene County Poor Book, 1824-1826, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Account Records, 1842-1853, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Adams County, Illinois County Record and Record of County Commissioner’s Court, 1825-1849, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Adams County, Illinois Militia Rolls, Book A, 1861-1862, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Adams County, Illinois School Commissioners’ Account Book, 1842-1873, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Adams County, Illinois Surveyor’s Records, 1834-1873, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Coroner’s Records, 1869-1928, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Illinois, Adams County, Coroner’s Inquest Files, 1834-1922, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Military Discharge Papers & Certificates, 1917-1924, at FS

Adams County – Public Records – Oaths of Office, Ca. 1829-1850, at FS

Alexander County – Public Records – County Commissioner Records, 1819-1861; Index, 1819-1929, at FS

Brown County – Public Records – Brown County, Illinois Marriages, 1839-1850, at FS

Brown County – Public Records – Soldier’s & Sailor’s Discharges, Ca. 1901-1953, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Bureau County, Illinois County Held, Civil War Related Records, 1861-1865, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Bureau County, Illinois Mine Inspector Records, 1873-1883, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Bureau County, Illinois Mine Inspector Records, 1883-1892, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Bureau County, Illinois Civil War Applications for Relief, Ca. 1861-1865, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Bureau County, Illinois Civil War Relief Committee Vouchers, Ca. 1861-1865, at FS

Bureau County – Public Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Bureau County, Illinois Town Civil War Committee Records, Ca. 1861-1865, at FS

Cahokia – Public Records – Cahokia Records, 1778-1790, at FS

Calhoun County – Public Records – Calhoun County, Illinois Public Records, 1825-1915, at FS

Calumet City – Public Records – Burial or Removal Permits, 1916 (1), 1920-1935, at FS

Chicago – Public Records – Invested Wealth of Chicago : a Collection of Real Estate Sales for Nine Years, Amounting to $50,000 Each and Upwards; Compiled from the Records As Published in the Real Estate and Building Journal, at FS

Edgar County – Public Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1886-1919, at FS

Ellington Township – Public Records – Records & Minutes, 1841-1937, at FS

Franklin County – Public Records – Sparrows Book, Franklin County, State of Illinois, at FS

Fulton County – Public Records – Fulton County, Illinois Militia Record, 1861-1862, at FS

Gallatin County – Public Records – Early Settlers of Gallatin County, Illinois, at FS

Greene County – Public Records – Greene County Officers, 1821-1837, at FS

Greene County – Public Records – Minutes, 1849-1973, 1902-1915, 1925-1927, at FS

Greene County – Public Records – Organization Record, 1884, at FS

Hancock County – Public Records – Loan Book, 1837-1856, at FS

Hancock County – Public Records – Miscellaneous Petitions, 1839-1853, at FS

Hancock County – Public Records – Road Plat Book, 1874-1893, at FS

Havana – Public Records – Havana, Illinois Contagious Disease Record, 1933-1949, at FS

Havana – Public Records – Records, 1982-1983, at FS

Henry County – Public Records – Proceedings, 1872-1897, 1919-1935, at FS

Henry County – Public Records – Records, 1857-1871, at FS

Jackson County – Public Records – Jackson County, Illinois State Board of Health Certifications & Register of Physicians and Accoucheurs, 1877-1894, at FS

Jo Daviess County – Public Records – Applications and Proof of Preemption Purchases of Railroad Land, Civil War Discharges, and Other Records, 1853-1883, at FS

Jo Daviess County – Public Records – Jo Daviess County, Illinois Miscellaneous Records, 1828-1942, at FS

Kaskaskia – Public Records – Kaskaskia Manuscripts, 1714-1816, at FS

Kaskaskia – Public Records – Kaskaskia Records, 1778-1790, at FS

La Harpe – Public Records – Minutes, 1859-1871, 1880-1927, at FS

Lake County – Public Records – Record of Burial Certificates of Soldiers, Sailors or Marines, 1862-1918, 1933(1), at FS

LaSalle County – Public Records – Certificates of Election of Trustees for the I.O.O.F., 1893-1946, at FS

Lincoln – Public Records – Lincoln, Illinois County Superintendent’s Examination of School Funds, 1880-1885, at FS

Lincoln – Public Records – Minutes of the Lincoln Board of Health, 1895-1908; Records of Contagious Diseases, 1902-1905, 1911-1936; Chattel Mortgages, 1913-1914, at FS

Lincoln – Public Records – Record of the Results of the Examination and the Standing of Candidates for Teachers, 1877-1891; Register of School Officers, 1891, at FS

Litchfield – Public Records – Board of Health Minutes, 1909-1924, at FS

Litchfield – Public Records – City Council Minutes, 1859-1920, at FS

Litchfield – Public Records – City Ordinances, 1859-1908, at FS

Litchfield – Public Records – Minutes, 1859-1886, at FS

Litchfield – Public Records – Minutes, 1904-1924, at FS

Macoupin County – Public Records – Macoupin County, Illinois Militia Roll Record, 1861-1863, at FS

Macoupin County – Public Records – Macoupin County, Illinois Register of Physicians and Accouchers, 1877-1915, at FS

Macoupin County – Public Records – Patent Rights, 1867-1873, at FS

McDonough County – Public Records – Incorporation of Towns and Townships, Tax Records & Some Patents, 1857- 1869, at FS

Morgan County – Public Records – County Orders, 1833-1849, at FS

Nauvoo – Public Records – City Council Ordinances, Minutes & Proceedings, 1847-1921, at FS

Northfield – Public Records – Northfield Township, Illinois Council Records, 1851-1973, at FS

Northfield Township – Public Records – Northfield Township, Illinois Council Records, 1851-1973, at FS

Pope County – Public Records – Miscellaneous Circuit Court Records, 1824-1860, at FS

Quincy – Public Records – Constitution & Minutes, 1839-1861, at FS

Randolph County – Public Records – Kaskaskia Manuscripts, 1714-1816, at FS

Randolph County – Public Records – Marks & Brands of Randolph Co., 1849-1884, at FS

Randolph County – Public Records – Randolph County, Illinois Court Records, Justice of the Peace Records, Early Notarial Records, Etc., 1737-1885, at FS

Saline County – Public Records – Saline County Register : Harrisburg, Illinois, Friday, July 10, 1903, at FS

Sangamon County – Public Records – Applications and Record of Payments of Relief for the Blind, 1915-1944, at FS

Sangamon County – Public Records – Board of Supervisor’s Minutes; 1st Vol., 1821-1869; 2nd Vol., 1867-1872, at FS

Sangamon County – Public Records – Minutes, 1857-1861, 1872-1876, at FS

Schuyler County – Public Records – Minutes, Books A-L, 1856-1942, at FS

Schuyler County – Public Records – Schuyler County Militia Record, 1861, Jurors’ Record, 1872-1894, at FS

Shelby County – Public Records – Miscellaneous Record Books : Shelby County, Ill. Part IV, at FS

Springfield – Public Records – Burial Records, 1908-1916, at FS

St. Clair County – Public Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – St. Clair County, Illinois Civil War Dependent’s Relief Record, 1862-1864, at FS

Tazewell County – Public Records – Inquests, 2 Vols., 1869-1904, at FS

Tazewell County – Public Records – Record Books A-K, 1874-1906, at FS

Virden – Public Records – Minutes, 1861-1862, 1867-1872, 1884-1897, 1901-1966, at FS

Virden – Public Records – Ordinance Record, 1911-1936, at FS

Virden – Public Records – Records, 1871-1895, at FS

Virden – Public Records – Register of Interment Permits, Death Certificates, 1902-1903, at FS

Virden – Public Records – School Census, 1897; Dept. of Conservation Account Records, 1935-1936, at FS

Warren County – Public Records – Declaration of Loyalty, 1918, Warren County, at FS

Waukegan – Public Records – Waukegan, Illinois Burial Record, 1896-1919, at FS

Whiteside County – Public Records – Day Book, 1871-1895, at FS

Yates City – Public Records – The Charter and Revised Ordinances of Yates City, Illinois : Arranged and Revised Under the Authority of the City Council of Yates City, Illinois, at FS