From ISGS Newsletter Vol. 20.5 September/October 1999
Quote: < "As of August 20, 1999, 1,033,854 marriages have been entered
into the statewide database being created by the Illinois State Archives
and ISGS. A total of 84 out of 102 counties are represented in the
database. The goal of the project begun in 1985, is to enter all
marriages prior to 1901 for all Illinois counties.
Data is complete for the following 42 counties: Adams; Bond; Boone;
Calhoun; Carroll; Cass; Christian; DeWitt; DuPage; Edgar; Effingham;
Fayette; Franklin; Greene; Hancock; Henderson; Jackson; Jefferson; Kane;
Kankakee; Kendall; Knox; Lake; Logan; Macon; Massac; Menard; Morgan;
Ogle; Perry; Piatt; Pope; Richland; Rock Island; St. Clair; Saline;
Sangamon; Scott; Shelby; Warren; White; Whiteside.
Data entry is partially complete for the following 42 counties:
Alexander; Brown; Bureau: Champaign; Clay; Clinton; Coles; Cook;
Crawford; Cumberland; DeKalb; Edwards; Ford; Fulton; Gallatin: Hamilton;
Henry; Iroquois; Jasper; Jersey; JoDaviess; Johnson; Lawrence;
McDonough; McHenry; McLean; Macoupin; Madison; Marion; Mason; Mercer;
Montgomery; Peoria; Pike; Randolph; Schuyler; Stark; Tazewell; Union;
Wabash; Will; Winnebago.
No marriage records have been entered yet for the following 18 counties:
Clark; Douglas; Grundy; Hardin; LaSalle; Lee; Livingston; Marshall;
Monroe; Moultrie; Pulaski; Putnam; Stephenson; Vermilion; Washington;
Wayne; Williamson; Woodford. > End quote.
The main site is at:
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http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html>
To go directly to the Marriage Search site:
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http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage>