Great news! The Illinois State Archives now has a searchable data base of Illinois Death Certificates for the years 1916 through 1951. You can visit it at the following URL: http://www2.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html Good luck with your search, Karima ILROOTS-L List Administrator Illinois Discussion List (ILROOTS-L) http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilunknow/