Finding Illinois State Birth Records has never been as easier. You can access this information online, through state offices or by contacting county recorders offices. Each county in the State Of Illinois has their own office where vital records like Death and Birth Records are maintained. Records prior to January 1916 are not maintained by the state vital statistics office. However these earlier records may be availabla from one of the following county clerk offices or online.
The following is a list with contact details of the county recorders offices in Illinois:
Adams
Adams County Clerk Adams County Courthouse 507 Vermont St., P.O. Box 1169 Quincy, IL 62301 217-277-2150
Alexander
Alexander County Clerk 2000 Washington Ave. Cairo IL 62914 618-734-7000
Bond
Bond County Clerk 203 W. College 203 County Office Building Greenville, IL 62246 618-664-0449
Boone
Boone County Clerk Courthouse 601 N. Main St. Belvidere, IL 61008 815-544-3103
Brown
Brown County Clerk and Register Courthouse Mount Sterling, IL 62353 217-773-3421
Bureau
Bureau County Clerk County Clerk and Register Courthouse 700 S. Main St. Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-2014
Calhoun
Calhoun County Clerk and Register Courthouse Hardin, IL 62047 618-576-2351
Carroll
Carroll County Clerk 301 N. Main P.O. Box 152 Mount Carroll, IL 61053 815-244-0221
Cass
Cass County Clerk and Recorder Courthouse Virginia, IL 62691 217-452-7217
Champaign
Office of the County Clerk 1776 E. Washington St. Urbana, IL 61802 217-384-3720
Christian
Christian County Clerk and Register Courthouse Taylorville, IL 62568 217-824-4969
Clark
Clark County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 501 Archer Ave. Marshall, IL 62441 217-826-8311
Clay
Clay County Clerk Courthouse, room 106 P.O. Box 160 Louisville, IL 62858 618-665-3626
Clinton
Clinton County Clerk and Recorder 850 Fairfax St. P.O. Box 308 Carlyle, IL 62231 618-594-2464
Coles
Coles County Clerk Courthouse 651 Jackson Avenue, Room 122 Charleston, IL 61920 217-348-0501
Cook
Bureau of Statistics 118 N. Clark St. (lower concourse) Chicago, IL 60664 312-603-7788
Crawford
Crawford County Clerk/Recorder Crawford County Courthouse P.O. Box 602 Robinson, IL 62454 618-546-1212
Cumberland
Cumberland County Clerk and Register Courthouse P.O. Box 146 Toledo, IL 62468 217-849-2631
DeKalb
DeKalb County Clerk Courthouse 110 E. Sycamore St. Sycamore, IL 60178 815-895-7149
DeWitt
DeWitt County Clerk 201 W. Washington St. P.O. Box 439 Clinton, IL 61727 217-935-2119
Douglas
Douglas County Clerk 401 S. Center P.O. Box 467 Tuscola, IL 61953 217-253-2411
DuPage
DuPage County Clerk 421 N. County Farm Road P.O. Box 1028 Wheaton, IL 60187 630-682-7035
Edgar
Edgar County Recorder 115 W. Court Street, Room J Paris, IL 61944 217-466-7433
Edwards
Edwards County Clerk and Register Courthouse Albion, IL 62806 618-445-2115
Effingham
Effingham County Clerk and Register 101 N. Fourth Street, Second Floor Suite 201 Effingham, IL 62401 217-342-6535
Fayette
Fayette County Clerk Courthouse 221 S. Seventh St. P.O. Box 401 Vandalia, IL 62471 618-283-5000
Ford
Local Register and County Clerk Courthouse 200 W. State Street, Room 101 Paxton, IL 60957 217-379-2721
Franklin
Franklin County Clerk Courthouse Benton, IL 62812 618-438-3221
Fulton
Fulton County Clerk Courthouse 100 N. Main Lewistown, IL 61542 309-547-3041
Gallatin
Gallatin County Clerk and Register Courthouse P.O. Box 550 Shawneetown, IL 62984 618-269-3025
Greene
Greene County Clerk 519 N. Main St. Carrollton, IL 62016 217-942-5443
Grundy
Grundy County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 111 E. Washington St. P.O. Box 675 Morris, IL 60450-0675 815-941-3222
Hamilton
Hamilton County Clerk and Register Courthouse McLeansboro, IL 62859 618-643-2721
Hancock
Hancock County Clerk Courthouse P.O. Box 39 Carthage, IL 62321 217-357-3911
Hardin
Hardin County Clerk and Register Courthouse P.O. Box 187 Elizabethtown, IL 62931 618-287-2251
Henderson
Henderson County Clerk and Register County Courthouse PO Box 308 Oquawka, IL 61469 309-867-2911
Henry
Henry County Clerk’s Office Henry County Courthouse 307 W. Center St. Cambridge, IL 61238 309-852-0197
Iroquois
Iroquois County Clerk and Register 1001 E. Grant St. Watseka, IL 60970 815-432-6960
Jackson
Jackson County Health Department., Administrator 415 Health Department Rd. P.O. Box 307 Murphysboro, IL 62966 618-687-7360
Jasper
Jasper County Clerk Courthouse 204 W. Washington, Suite 2 Newton, IL 62448 618-783-3124
Jefferson
Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder County Courthouse 100 S. 10th St. Mount Vernon, IL 62864 618-244-8020
Jersey
Jersey County Clerk and Register 200 N. Lafayette, Suite 1 P.O. Box 216 Jerseyville, IL 62052 618-498-5571 ext. 115
Jo Daviess
Jo Daviess County Clerk Courthouse 330 N. Bench St. Galena, IL 61036 815-777-0161
Johnson
Johnson County Clerk and Register Courthouse 400 Court Square P.O. Box 96 Vienna, IL 62995 618-658-3611
Kane
Kane County Clerk and Register Kane County Government Center 719 S. Batavia Ave., Building B P.O. Box 70 Geneva, IL 60134 630-232-5950
Kankakee
Kankakee County Clerk and Register 189 E. Court St. Kankakee, IL 60901 815-937-2990
Kendall
Kendall County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 111 W. Fox St. Yorkville, IL 60560 630-553-4104
Knox
Knox County Clerk and Register Courthouse Galesburg, IL 61401 309-345-3815
Lake
Lake County Clerk Courthouse 18 N. County St. Waukegan, IL 60085 847-377-2411
LaSalle
LaSalle County Clerk LaSalle County Government Center 707 Etna Road Ottawa, IL 61350 815-434-8202
Lawrence
Lawrence County Clerk County Courthouse Lawrenceville, IL 62439 618-943-2346
Livingston
Livingston County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 112 W. Madison St. Pontiac, IL 61764 815-844-2006, ext. 128
Logan
Logan County Clerk Courthouse, Room 20 P.O. Box 278 Lincoln, IL 62656 217-732-4148
Lee
Lee County Clerk and Register Courthouse 112 E. Second St. P.O. Box 329 Dixon, IL 61021 815-288-3309
McDonough
McDonough County Clerk #1 Courthouse Square Macomb, IL 61455 309-833-2474
McHenry
McHenry County Clerk McHenry County Government Center 2200 N. Seminary Ave. Woodstock, IL 60098 815-334-4242
McLean
McLean County Clerk 115 E Washington Street, Room 102 PO Box 2400 Bloomington, IL 61702-2400 309-888-5190
Macon
Macon County Clerk County Clerk and Register 141 S. Main St. – Rm. 104 Decatur, IL 62523-1210 217-424-1305
Macoupin
Macoupin County Clerk Courthouse P.O. Box 107 Carlinville, IL 62626 217-854-3214
Madison
Madison County Clerk Adminstration Building 157 N. Main St., Suite 109 P.O. Box 218 Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-692-6290
Marion
Marion County Clerk and Register P.O. Box 637 Salem, IL 62881 618-548-3400
Marshall
Marshall County Clerk 122 N Prairie, PO Box 328, Lacon IL 61540-0328, 309-246-6325
Mason
Mason County Clerk Havana IL 62644 309-543-6661
Massac
Massac County Clerk and Register Courthouse P.O. Box 429 Metropolis, IL 62960 618-524-5213
Menard
Menard County Clerk and Register Courthouse P.O. Box 465 Petersburg, IL 62675 217-632-2415
Mercer
Mercer County Clerk City Clerk 120 N. College Av. Aledo, IL 61231 309-582-7021
Monroe
Monroe County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 100 S. Main St. Waterloo, IL 62298 618-939-8681 ext. 306
Montgomery
Montgomery County Clerk #1 Courthouse Square P.O. Box 595 Hillsboro, IL 62049 217-532-9530
Morgan
Morgan County Clerk Courthouse 300 W. State St. P.O. Box 1387 Jacksonville, IL 62650 217-243-8581
Moultrie
Moultrie County Clerk and Register Courthouse 10 S. Main St. – Suite 6 Sullivan, IL 61951 217-728-4389
Ogle
Ogle County Clerk Ogle County Courthouse Fourth and Washington Sts. P.O. Box 357 Oregon, IL 61061 815-732-1110
Peoria
Peoria County Clerk Courthouse 324 Main St., Ste. 101 Peoria, IL 61602 309-672-6059
Perry
Perry County Clerk Government Building 3764 State Rte. 13/127 P.O. Box 438 Pinckneyville, IL 62274 618-357-5116
Piatt
Piatt County Clerk Courthouse 101 W. Washington St. P.O. Box 558 Monticello, IL 61856 217-762-9487
Pike
Pike County Clerk 100 E. Washington St. Pittsfield, IL 62363 217-285-6812
Pope
Pope County Clerk Courthouse 400 Main St. P.O. Box 216 Golconda, IL 62938 618-683-4466
Pulaski
Pulaski County Clerk and Register Courthouse 500 Illinois Ave. P.O. Box 118 Mound City, IL 62963 618-748-9360
Putnam
Putnam County Clerk Courthouse 120 N. Fourth St. Hennepin, IL 61327 815-925-7129
Randolph
Randolph County Clerk Courthouse #1 Taylor St., Room 202 Chester, IL 62233 618-826-5000, ext. 191
Richland
Richland County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 103 W. Main St. Olney, IL 62450 618-392-3111
Rock Island
Rock Island County Clerk County Building 1504 Third Ave. Rock Island, IL 61201 309-786-4451
St. Clair
St. Clair County Clerk St. Clair County Building 10 Public Square Belleville, IL 62220 618-277-6600
Saline
Saline County Clerk and Register Courthouse 10 E. Poplar St. Harrisburg, IL 62946 618-253-8197
Sangamon
Sangamon County Clerk County Building 200 S. Ninth, Room 101 Springfield, IL 62701 217-753-6700
Schuyler
Schuyler County Clerk Courthouse 102 S. Congress P.O. Box 200 Rushville, IL 62681 217-322-4734
Scott
Scott County Clerk and Register Courthouse Winchester, IL 62694 217-742-3178
Shelby
Shelby County Clerk Courthouse P.O. Box 230 Shelbyville, IL 62565 217-774-4421
Stark
Stark County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 130 W. Main St. Toulon, IL 61483 309-286-5911
Stephenson
Stephenson County Clerk Courthouse 15 N. Galena Ave. Freeport, IL 61032 815-235-8289
Tazewell
Tazewell County Clerk and Register McKenzie Building – 2nd Floor Fourth and Court Streets Pekin, IL 61554 309-477-2264
Union Union County Clerk and Register
309 W. Market Street, Room 100 Jonesboro, IL 62952 618-833-5711
Vermilion
Vermilion County Clerk Courthouse Annex 6 N. Vermilion St. Danville, IL 61832 217-431-2607
Wabash
Wabash County Clerk Courthouse 401 Market St. P.O. Box 277 Mount Carmel, IL 62863 618-262-4561
Warren
Warren County Clerk and Register Courthouse 100 W. Broadway Monmouth, IL 61462 309-734-8592
Washington
Washington County Clerk County Courthouse 101 E. St. Louis St. Nashville, IL 62263 618-327-4800, ext. 300
Wayne
Wayne County Clerk Courhtouse P.O. Box 187 Fairfield, IL 62837 618-842-5182
White
White County Clerk Courthouse P.O. Box 339 Carmi, IL 62821 618-382-7211
Whiteside
Whiteside County Clerk Courthouse 200 E. Knox St. Morrison, IL 61270 815-772-5189
Will
Will County Clerk Will County Office Building 302 N. Chicago St. Joliet, IL 60432 815-740-4615 – (Birth and Deaths) 815-740-4626 – (Marriages)
Williamson
Williamson County Clerk Courthouse 200 W. Jefferson P.O. Box 1108 Marion, IL 62959 618-997-1301, ext. 100
Winnebago
Winnebago County Clerk 401 Division Street, Rockford, IL 61104 815-987-3050
Woodford
Woodford County Clerk and Register County Courthouse 115 N. Main, Suite 202 Eureka, IL 61530 309-467-2822
