Cook County, Illinois: Vital Records

Two options exist for obtaining certified copies of Vital Records occurred in the state of Illinois: one of them is requesting them at the State office, and the second one is obtaining them through the County Recorder's Office, the Local Health Department or the city or town's Civil Registration office.

Bear in mind that county offices generally provide faster processing times and more payment flexibility, since you may be able to obtain your records within one week, and may be provided the option to pay issuance fees by credit card, either by phone, fax or online.

The Cook County Registrar of Vital Statistics provides you with birth, death, and marriage certificates. This Vital Records office may be reached through the telephone number or email address given below. It is also possible to order your vital records online through the official website of the County Vital Records office.

To obtain a copy of a divorce decree, you will need to contact the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the divorce was granted. Death records are sometimes available only from a certain year onwards; this can be verified with the county recorder.

Please note that official information is provided by government sites only, so contact information provided below may not be up to date.

The Vital Records office in the County of Cook serves all of the following towns and cities in Illinois: Alsip, Arlington Heights, Baldwin, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Bedford Park, Bellwood, Berkeley, Berwyn, Blue Island, Bridgeview, Broadview, Brookfield, Burbank, Burnham, Calumet City, Calumet Park, Chicago, Chicago Heights, Chicago Ridge, Cicero, Country Club Hills, Countryside, Crestwood, Des Plaines, Dixmoor, Dolton, East Hazel Crest, Elk Grove Village, Ellsworth, Elmwood Park, Evanston, Evergreen Park, Flossmoor, Ford Heights, Forest Park, Forest View, Franklin Park, Gladstone, Glencoe, Glenview, Glenwood, Golf, Harvey, Harwood Heights, Hazel Crest, Hickory Hills, Hillside, Hodgkins, Hoffman Estates, Hometown, Homewood, Indian Head Park, Inverness, Justice, Kenilworth, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lansing, Lemont, Lincolnwood, Lynwood, Lyons, McCook, Matteson, Maywood, Melrose Park, Merrionette Park, Midlothian, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Norridge, Northbrook, Northfield, Northlake, North Riverside, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Olympia Fields, Orland Hills, Orland Park, Palatine, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Phoenix, Posen, Prospect Heights, Richton Park, Riverdale, River Forest, River Grove, Riverside, Robbins, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, Sauk Village, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Skokie, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Chicago Heights, South Holland, Steger, Stickney, Stone Park, Streamwood, Summit, Thornton, Tinley Park, Westchester, Western Springs, Wheeling, Willow Springs, Wilmette, Winnetka, Worth.