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Illinois, USA, kompilierte Heiraten, 1851-1900
This database is an index to approximately 707,000 individuals who were married in select areas of Illinois between 1851 and 1900. A complete list of the counties included in this index is provided below. Information that may be found in this database for each individual includes their name, gender, spouse's name, marriage date, location, and source information. Marriage records are great sources for genealogists because they document an individual in a particular place and time as well as provide details about that person's marriage. Note: This index is not comprehensive. Therefore, if you do not find your ancestor in this index it does not necessarily mean that the marriage did not exist in the time and place in which you expected it.
It is important that you use the information found in this database to locate your ancestor in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. For example, marriage records sometimes provide the birth dates and places of the bride and groom, their parents' names, their addresses, and witnesses' names, in addition to the information listed in this index.
About marriages in Illinois:
Marriage records were the first vital records kept by Illinois counties, some of them commencing with the formation of the county. Indexes of marriage records have been kept by the Illinois Department of Health, Division of Vital Records from 1962 through the present, but only verification will be made. Copies of the original record must be requested from the appropriate county official - county clerk for marriages and clerk of the circuit court for divorces. Individuals may not search the state records.
There are approximately 300,000 marriages representing portions of forty-three counties in the pre-1900 Illinois Statewide Marriage Index as of August 1990. This is a continuing joint project of the Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society. The staff of the Illinois State Archives will search this index and send photocopies of any information found. Microfiche copies of this index may be used at the Illinois State Archives, Illinois Regional Archives Depositories, and in each local genealogical society library in Illinois.
Taken from: Cerny, Johni and Gareth L. Mark. "North Carolina" in Ancestry's Red Book, ed. Alice Eichholz. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992).
What counties are included?
The following counties are included in this database. Information contained in this list includes when a county was settled, when the first marriage was recorded, and either where to locate county court records or the FHL microfilm number where you may find information about that county's marriages.
County | Year Organized | First Marriage Available | Source |
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ALEXANDER | 1819 | 24 JUL 1819 | County Court Records - (FHL #0961420 - 0961425) |
BOND | 1817 | 6 MAR 1817 | County Court Records - (FHL #1317522 - 1317524) |
BROWN | 1839 | 16 MAY 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #2021412 & 2021549 - 2021550) |
BUREAU | 1837 | 16 APR 1840 | County Court Records located at Princeton, IL |
CALHOUN | 1825 | 24 MAR 1825 | County Court Records - (FHL #1305044 - 1305045) |
CHAMPAIGN | 1833 | 25 JUL 1833 | County Court Records - (FHL #0338047 - 0338056 & 1032301 - 1032305) |
CHRISTIAN | 1839 | 4 JUL 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #0987611) |
CLARK | 1819 | 3 JUN 1819 | County Court Records - (FHL #1306059 - 1306062) |
CLAY | 1824 | 4 MAR 1825 | County Court Records - (FHL #1008793 - 1008796) |
COLES | 1830 | 17 FEB 1831 | County Court Records - (FHL #1301516 - 1301518) |
DE KALB | 1837 | 5 OCT 1837 | County Court Records located at Sycamore, IL |
DU PAGE | 1839 | 16 JUN 1839 | County Court Records located at Wheaton, IL |
EDGAR | 1823 | 9 JUN 1823 | County Court Records - (FHL #1301880 - 1301882) |
EDWARDS | 1814 | 12 JAN 1815 | County Court Records - (FHL #1401779 - 1401780) |
EFFINGHAM | 1831 | 21 JAN 1833 | County Court Records - (FHL #1010047 - 1010048) |
FAYETTE | 1821 | 1 MAY 1821 | County Court Records located at Vandalia, IL |
FRANKLIN | 1818 | 21 MAR 1826 | County Court Records - (FHL #1005304 - 1005310) |
FULTON | 1823 | 29 APR 1826 | County Court Records located at Lewistown, IL |
GALLATIN | 1812 | 10 JUN 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #0969484 - 0969493) |
GREENE | 1821 | 6 MAY 1821 | County Court Records - (FHL #1310037 - 1310038) |
HAMILTON | 1821 | 6 MAY 1821 | County Court Records located at McLeansboro, IL |
HANCOCK | 1825 | 28 SEP 1829 | County Court Records - (FHL #0954177 - 0954180) |
HARDIN | 1839 | 1884 | County Court Records - (FHL #0965704) |
HENRY | 1825 | 22 AUG 1837 | County Court Records - (FHL #1435944 - 1435945) |
IROQUOIS | 1833 | 1866 | County Court Records - (FHL #1321548 - 1321549) |
JACKSON | 1816 | 5 SEP 1830 | County Court Records - (FHL #0968927 - 0968929) |
JEFFERSON | 1819 | 16 SEP 1819 | County Court Records - (FHL #1004738 - 1004739) |
JOHNSON | 1812 | 2 OCT 1834 | County Court Records - (FHL #0964807 - 0964811) |
KANE | 1836 | 10 JUL 1836 | County Court Records - (FHL #1481107 - 1481109) |
KENDALL | 1841 | 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL #1403534) |
KNOX | 1825 | 25 NOV 1830 | County Court Records - (FHL #1404972, 1411909 - 1411921 & 1412045 - 1412060) |
LA SALLE | 1831 | 1831 | County Court Records - (FHL #1710810 - 1710813) |
LEE | 1839 | 5 OCT 1839 | County Court Records located at Dixon, IL |
MACON | 1829 | 20 JAN 1829 | County Court Records - (FHL #0983125 - 0983126) |
MARION | 1823 | 1 DEC 1821 | County Court Records - (FHL #1010515 - 1019518) |
MASSAC | 1843 | 1854 | County Court Records - (FHL #0961837 & 0963668 - 0963669) |
McDONOUGH | 1826 | 1830 | County Court Records located at Macomb, IL |
MENARD | 1839 | 23 APR 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #1311614 - 1311615) |
MONROE | 1816 | 29 JUL 1816 | County Court Records - (FHL #1006355 - 1006359) |
MONTGOMERY | 1821 | 29 APR 1821 | County Court Records - (FHL #1315683 - 1315686) |
MORGAN | 1823 | 9 DEC 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #1317641 - 1317643) |
MOULTRIE | 1843 | 18 JAN 1843 | County Court Records - (FHL #1312673 - 1312674) |
OGLE | 1836 | 7 FEB 1837 | County Court Records - (FHL #1420755 - 1420756) |
PIATT | 1841 | 27 APR 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL #0988101) |
RANDOLPH | 1795 | 19 JUN 1809 | County Court Records - (FHL #0975008 - 0975012) |
ROCK ISLAND | 1831 | 15 JUL 1833 | County Court Records - (FHL #1428580 - 1428581) |
ST. CLAIR | 1790 | 1 JUN 1790 | County Court Records located at Belleville, IL & 1689026) |
SALINE | 1847 | 21 OCT 1847 | County Court Records - (FHL #0965056 - 0965061) |
SANGAMON | 1821 | 18 FEB 1821 | County Court Records located at Springfield, IL |
SHELBY | 1827 | 3 MAY 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #1008065 - 1008066 & 1009139) |
STARK | 1839 | 18 APR 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #1403417) |
TAZEWELL | 1827 | 2 FEB 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #1314686 - 1314688) |
VERMILION | 1826 | 12 MAR 1826 | County Court Records - (FHL #1298746 - 1298749) |
WARREN | 1825 | 10 MAY 1831 | County Court Records - (FHL #1377920 - 1377922) |
WHITE | 1815 | 1 APR 1816 | County Court Records - (FHL #0977068 - 0977072) |
WINNEBAGO | 1836 | 10 DEC 1836 | County Court Records located at Rockford, IL |
WOODFORD | 1841 | 31 MAY 1841 | County Court Records located at Eureka, IL |
While the following Illinois counties are not included in this database, below is a list you may find helpful in your research. It contains the same information as the list above.
County | Year Organized | First Marriage Available | Source |
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BOONE | 1837 | 31 MAR 1837 | County Court Records located at Belvidere, IL |
CARROLL | 1839 | 26 AUG 1839 | County Court Records located at Mt. Caroll, IL |
CASS | 1837 | 17 AUG 1837 | County Court Records - (FHL #1313053 - 1313059 & 1313105 - 1313109) |
CLINTON | 1824 | 9 MAR 1825 | County Court Records - (FHL #1007040 - 1007042) |
COOK | 1831 | 1871 | County Court Records - (FHL #1288817 - 1288821, 1288992 - 1288995 & 1289562) |
CRAWFORD | 1816 | 27 FEB 1817 | County Court Records - (FHL #1310115 - 1310116) |
CUMBERLAND | 1843 | 1885 | County Court Records located at Toledo, IL |
DANE | 1839 | CHANGED TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY, 1840 |   |
DE WITT | 1839 | 21 MAY 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #1312955 - 1312956) |
DOUGLAS | 1859 | 1859 | County Court Records - (FHL #1293661 - 1293662 & 1295955 - 1295956) |
FORD | 1859 | 1859 | County Court Records - (FHL #1401877 - 1401878) |
GRUNDY | 1841 | 18 JUN 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL #1415755) |
HENDERSON | 1841 | 22 APR 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL #1377856 - 1377857) |
JASPER | 1831 | 9 APR 1835 | County Court Records - (FHL #1315769 & 1312611 - 1312612) |
JERSEY | 1839 | 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #1317902 - 1317903) |
JO DAVIESS | 1827 | 12 APR 1843 | County Court Records - (FHL #1602649 - 1602651) |
KANKAKEE | 1853 | 1853 | County Court Records - (FHL #1839992 - 1839994) |
LAKE | 1839 | 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #1863435 - 1863436) |
LAWRENCE | 1821 | 20 JUN 1821 | County Court Records located at Lawrenceville, IL & 1311872) |
LIVINGSTON | 1837 | 1866 | County Court Records - (FHL #1392959 - 1392962 & 1401522) |
LOGAN | 1839 | 1859 | County Court Records located at Lincoln, IL |
MACOUPIN | 1829 | 28 MAY 1829 | County Court Records - (FHL #1320490 - 1320492) |
MADISON | 1812 | 29 JAN 1813 | County Court Records - (FHL #1306457 - 1306458) |
MARSHALL | 1839 | 1840 | County Court Records located at Lacon, IL |
MASON | 1841 | 21 APR 1841 | County Court Records - (FHL #1313033 - 1313034) |
McHENRY | 1836 | 29 JUL 1837 | County Court Records - (FHL #1420736 - 1420738) |
McLEAN | 1830 | 23 MAY 1831 | County Court Records - (FHL #1401956 - 1401959) |
MERCER | 1825 | 1835 | County Court Records located at Aledo, IL |
PEORIA | 1825 | 19 JAN 1826 | County Court Records located at Peoria, IL |
PERRY | 1827 | 22 NOV 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #0975923 - 0975927) |
PIKE | 1821 | 15 JUN 1827 | County Court Records - (FHL #1314768 - 1314769 & 1315807 - 1315808) |
POPE | 1816 | 28 MAR 1825 | County Court Records - (FHL #0964534 - 0964536) |
PULASKI | 1843 | 1861 | County Court Records - (FHL #0960485) |
PUTNAM | 1825 | 1831 | County Court Records located at Hennepin, IL |
RICHLAND | 1841 | 9 APR 1840 | County Court Records located at Olney, IL |
SCHUYLER | 1825 | 27 NOV 1825 | County Court Records - (FHL #1311548 - 1311549) |
SCOTT | 1839 | 28 MAR 1839 | County Court Records located at Winchester, IL & 1311774 - 1311776) |
STEPHENSON | 1837 | 4 JUL 1837 | County Court Records located at Freeport, IL |
UNION | 1818 | 26 FEB 1818 | County Court Records - (FHL #0963179 - 0963183) |
WABASH | 1824 | 1857 | County Court Records located at Mt. Carmel, IL |
WASHINGTON | 1818 | 1832 | County Court Records located at Nashville, IL |
WAYNE | 1819 | 1886 | County Court Records located at Fairfield, IL |
WHITESIDE | 1836 | 1839 | County Court Records located at Morrison, IL |
WILL | 1836 | 1836 | County Court Records located at Joliet, IL |
WILLIAMSON | 1839 | 20 DEC 1839 | County Court Records - (FHL #0965414 - 0965419) |