The Illinois State Archives does hold death certificates from 1916 - 1945 maintained by the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales records. .Births To find date and place of birth and names of parents, consult: Birth Certificates (most beginning 1877) Birth Registers (most beginning 1877) Delayed Birth Certificates .Deaths To find date, place, and cause of death, or place of burial, consult: Death Certificates (most beginning 1877) Death Registers (most beginning 1877) Probate Records Almshouse/Poor Farm Records Cemetery Records Coroner's Inquest Records .Marriages To find date and place of marriage, age and residence of bride and groom, consent of parent in case of minors, consult: Marriage Certificates Marriage Applications (beginning 1877) Marriage Record Marriage Licenses .Divorces To find date of dissolution of marriage and divorce proceedings and agreements, consult: Circuit Court Chancery Case Files Circuit Court Chancery Records .Residences To find place and duration of or changes in residence, consult: Assessor's Books Collector's Books Voters' Registration Records Election Records Deed Records Naturalization Petitions and Affidavits .Real Property To find amount, location, and value of real estate owned; to find sale or mortgaging of property or division among heirs, consult: Assessor's Books Collector's Books Deed Records Tax Sale Records Probate Records Mortgage Records .Personal Property To find types of personal property owned, assessed valuations, mortgages, inventories, and sales of estates, consult: Assessor's Books Probate Appraisement Records Probate Sale Records Probate Inventory Records Chattel Mortgage Records .Naturalizations To find date of naturalization, age, nationality, date of emigration, place of residence in this country, consult: Naturalization Papers Naturalization Declarations of Intention Naturalization Records Naturalization Records of Soldiers and Minors .Estates To find date of death, details of will, names and relationships of heirs, guardians appointed for children, widow's portion of estate, settlement of estate, and results of contested estates, consult: Wills Probate Records Guardianship Records Widow's Relinquishment and Selection Records Probate Case Files Circuit Court Chancery Records(for contested estates) .School Attendance To find age, grade, and residence of children, consult: School Schedules School Pupil Registers .Court Actions To find involvement in civil, criminal, or chancery cases, consult: Circuit Court Records County Court Records Circuit Court Case Files County Court Case Files Circuit Court Indexes County Court Indexes .Paupers To find name, age, residence, occupation, birthplace, and occasionally death date and place of burial of paupers, consult: Almshouse/Poor Farm Records County Hospital Records Cemetery Records Board of Supervisors' Minutes Board of Supervisors' Proceedings Files .Professions Records usually include names, residences, and dates of certification. Teachers' records often give age, residence, and education. Miners' records give age and years worked in mines. Physicians, Midwives, Nurses, Dentists, Optometrists, Veterinarians, Architects and combined Professional Registers (most beginning 1877) School Teachers' Records Miners' Examining Board Records (1908-) County Officials Oaths and Bonds Election Records