Cook County Records

Subject: Cook County (Chicago) Il (USA) Records Now On-LineFrom: "jan meisels allen" Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:11:08 -0700X-Message-Number: 20Some months ago I reported to you that the Cook County (IL) [USA} Clerk would be putting on-line, the index to search vital records (birth, marriage and death records). It was reported this week in the Genealogy Roots Blog that the on-line system is up and working. Per Trudy Barch, President of the Iliana JGS who checked with the County Clerk's office this week, they indicated they were hoping that all the records would be available this week, but they might have to delay some not going up until next week. Therefore, they are still adding some records- so keep trying if you do not get a hit for your family. The records begin circa 1872. Cook County vital records before that were destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871.To search the records: birth records 75 years and older; marriage records 50 years and older and death records 20 years and older go to http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/. There is no charge to search the index.. To see and down load the actual record costs $15.00 per record. One must register with their e-mail address and password to search the index. There is no cost to register. The records obtained on this site are for genealogical purposes and will bear the endorsement of "For Genealogical Purposes Only".If you are researching Chicago records another site that might be of interest as pointed out in the genealogy roots blog is:http://www.deathindexes.com/illinois/cook.htmlJan Meisels AllenDirector, IAJGS andChairperson, Public Records Access Monitoring Committee ----------------------------------------------------------------------