Counties Included in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index

The Illinois Statewide Marriage Index is an ongoing project and data entry is far from complete. The list below should be consulted to determine the status of data entry for a particular county. Data entry is complete for 88 of the 98 counties entered into the database. Counties which have been completed are capitalized. There are still 4 counties for which no marriages have been entered.

Please note that the Illinois Regional Archives Depository system does not hold marriage records for all of the counties and date spans shown in the list. Consult the IRAD Local Governmental Records Database to determine whether marriages for a particular county are available from an Illinois Regional Archives Depository. Marriage records not held by IRAD will be available from the county clerks of the various counties. To find out more about getting copies of marriage records from IRAD or county clerks, click here.
 

ADAMS 1825–1900 Lee None
ALEXANDER 1818–1900 LIVINGSTON 1837–1900
BOND 1817–1915 LOGAN 1857–1900
BOONE 1838–1900 MC DONOUGH 1830–1900
BROWN 1839–1925 MC HENRY 1837–1900
Bureau 1837–1854 MC LEAN 1831–1900
CALHOUN 1825–1900 MACON 1829–1900
CARROLL 1839–1900 MACOUPIN 1829–1900
CASS 1837–1911 MADISON 1813–June 1903
CHAMPAIGN 1833–1900 MARION 1821–1900
CHRISTIAN 1839–1902 Marshall None
Clark 1848–June 1899 MASON 1841–1900
CLAY 1825–1900 MASSAC 1843–1900
CLINTON 1825–1920 MENARD 1839–1925
COLES 1831–1900 MERCER 1835–1900
COOK* 1833–Apr. 1901 MONROE 1816–1915
CRAWFORD 1817–1900 MONTGOMERY 1821–1900
Cumberland 1885–1893 MORGAN 1827–1925
DeKalb 1837–1877;
1878–1900 (Males CL only)		 MOULTRIE 1843–1900
DEWITT 1839–1901 OGLE 1837–1900
DOUGLAS 1859–1900 Peoria 1825–Mar. 1869;
Oct. 1869–Oct. 1880
DUPAGE 1839–1906 PERRY 1827–1900
EDGAR 1823–1900 PIATT 1841–1900
EDWARDS 1815–1900 PIKE 1827–Aug. 1923
EFFINGHAM 1833–1920 POPE 1816–1925
FAYETTE 1821–1900 PULASKI 1861–1900
Ford 1859–1874; 1878–1901 Putnam None
FRANKLIN 1835–1916 RANDOLPH 1726–1768; 1809–June 1910
Fulton 1824–1897;
1898–1900 (A–G only)		 RICHLAND 1840–1915
GALLATIN 1813–1900 ROCK ISLAND 1833–1900
GREENE 1821–1900 ST. CLAIR 1763–1905
GRUNDY 1841–1900 SALINE 1847–1900
Hamilton 1821–1824 SANGAMON 1821–1900
HANCOCK 1829–1900 SCHUYLER 1825–1900
HARDIN 1884–1900 SCOTT 1839–1900
HENDERSON 1841–1900 SHELBY 1827–1900
HENRY 1837–1922 STARK 1839–1900
IROQUOIS** 1851–1900 STEPHENSON 1837–1925
JACKSON 1843–1900 TAZEWELL 1827–1900
JASPER 1835–1900 UNION 1818–1900
JEFFERSON 1819–1900 Vermilion 1826–1899
JERSEY 1839–1925 WABASH 1857–April 1905
JO DAVIESS 1828–1900 WARREN 1831–1915
JOHNSON 1835–1900 Washington 1831–1858
KANE 1836–1922 WAYNE 1879–1925
KANKAKEE 1853–1901 WHITE 1816–1900
KENDALL 1841–1900 WHITESIDE 1839–1900
KNOX 1830–1900 WILL 1836–1900
LAKE 1839–1901 WILLIAMSON 1840–1900
LA SALLE 1831–1900 WINNEBAGO 1837–1900
LAWRENCE 1821–1900 Woodford None
       
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Original marriage licenses for Cook County were destroyed by the Great Fire of Chicago on October 8–10, 1871. Marriages in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index for Cook County prior to the fire were found in the Sam Fink Index. A copy of the Sam Fink Index is available on microfilm at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. The only additional information that this depository can provide is the name of the newspaper in which the marriage appeared.
 
** Marriage records in Iroquois County before October 1866 were destroyed by a courthouse fire. Marriages before October 1866 were entered from the Iroquois Journal and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church records.

Updated: March 4, 2008

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