Illinois Public Marriage Records

by Christopher Evans

Obtaining a record of a Marriage in Illinois can be done by sending a request to the appropriate office. The State of Illinois has been keeping marriage records since 1962. If the marriage occurred prior to that year, you need to know the exact county Clerk Office that granted the marriage license because the records are only available there. If the marriage occurred in 1962 onwards, you can request it at the Vital Records Office.

Any person may request for marriage records but the amount of information that will be provided will rely on your relationship with the owner of the documents. The husband and the wife, their respective legal representatives, and any individual or group that has the consent from the court are the only ones allowed to view and acquire the complete marriage record. Individuals or groups who are not specified will only be given copy of the verification of the marriage.

To start a search, you need to know full name of either the groom or the bride and the place where the marriage occurred. In case their names are too common like Johnson, Smith, Jackson, you need to provide other vital information to increase your chances of finding the correct record. Provide the year if you know when the marriage occurred, if you do not know it, provide a range of years to be searched on. Keep in mind that government offices are usually understaffed, so any kind of request that you submit will take some time to process. A request form is available at the Vital Records office or it can be downloaded from their official website. Once the form is filled-out, you can submit it back to the office personally, mail, or fax it. The office will then forward that request to the appropriate county Clerk Office that keeps the requested marriage record. If you know the exact county Clerk of Court where the marriage license was given, you may go directly to their office and make the request there.

A marriage record should include a marriage license and a marriage certificate. If there is no marriage license, the marriage will not be considered as legal even if the rites were performed. Keep in mind that a complete marriage record is the only record recognized by the court

Marriage files can be found on the official websites of public agencies. They are also provided for by online search tools that have to consent of the court to disseminate the files. Online searching became popular to the public because it can be done wherever they want to as long as there is a computer and Internet.

It is possible to acquire Free Marriage Records Online if you just know where to look. There are a number of online search tools that specialize in providing public documents to the public. But be careful of culprits that take advantage of online users. Always take some time to check the reliability of your sources before you even consider using the information you are getting.



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