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.

US – U.S. Public Records Index, at MH$

Illinois – Search onsite holdings of Government Records offices (IRAD)

Illinois – Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database

Illinois – Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950

Illinois – Illinois Statewide Marriage Index

Illinois – Local Governmental Records Database

Illinois – 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 – Clinton County has genealogy records and performs searches for $10

* DeKalb County – DeKalb County has birth, marriage, and death certificate searches online

* Franklin County – Franklin County accepts genealogy requests for research

* Kane County – has online birth, marriage, and death records searches, use certificate request form if site is down

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

* Montgomery County – Montgomery County Recorder vital records requests

* Peoria County – Peoria County has birth, marriage, and death records online

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

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

Historical Public Record collections elsewhere

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