- A version of this database is also available at Ancestry: Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 (requires payment) index only; no images
- List of Counties Presently in the pre-1916 Death Index includes Cook County death index, 1871-1915
- A version of this database is also available at Ancestry: Illinois, Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916 (requires free registration) does not include all counties
- Illinois Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county
- Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988 browsable images only; coverage varies by county; at FamilySearch
- 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor Database contains the burial locations of 72,000 Illinois veterans
- Illinois, Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974 from FamilySearch; most of the soldiers served from 1774 to 1898
- Illinois Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch lists of people who died June 1849 to May 1850, June 1859 to May 1860, June 1869 to May 1870, and June 1879 to May 1880
- Illinois Gravestones over 95,000 entries
- Illinois Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths
- Adams County.
- Adams County: Quincy Public Library Historical Newspaper Archive
- Adams County: Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990 at FamilySearch
- Adams County: Greenmount Cemetery Burials in Quincy, Illinois
- Adams County: Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985 at FamilySearch
- Bond County: City of Greenville Cemetery Database for Montrose and Lansing Cemeteries
- Bond County: Robinson Cemetery Database in Pocahontas, Illinois
- Boone County: Ida Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes Belvidere newspaper obituary index; Boone County death certificate indexes, 1877-1955; and other items
- Boone County Genealogy Research Resources includes Boone County death and probate indexes, and other items
- Brown County: Index to Cemetery Burials 1825-1972
- Brown County, Illinois Register of Deaths, Book 1, Dec. 1877-Oct. 1915; Indexes, 1878-1945 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Clinton County GenWeb Genealogy Website includes Deaths, December 1877-1950: St. Dominic's Catholic Church Death Records, 1858-1927 (in Breese, Illinois), cemetery burials, marriage indexes, wills index, and other indexes
- Clinton County Veterans Memorial has names and some short bios for those who died in 20th century wars
- The Cook County section has moved to its own webpage.
- Chicago and Cook County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
- DuPage County: Obituary Index, 1972-2018 for Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook, Illinois; has some gaps (PDF file); from the Indian Prairie Public Library
- DuPage County: Villa Park Argus Obituary Index, 1931-2018
- DuPage County Cemetery Records from the DuPage County Genealogical Society
- DuPage County: Bronswood Cemetery Burial Index, 1881-2010 (Oak Brook, Illinois) at Ancestry/free to search
- DuPage County: Naperville Sun Index includes obituary citations starting in 1997 up through much of 2006; from the Naperville Public Library
- DuPage County: Bloomingdale Public Library Obituary Index includes PDFs for many of the obituaries
- Jackson County Death Certificates, 1908-1917 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Jackson County Cemeteries and Probate Indexes
- Jackson County: St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery Burials
- Kane County Genealogy Online Database for Birth Certificates 75 years or older; Marriage Licenses 50 years or older; and Death Certificates 20 years or older; requires free registration; copies of the records can be ordered online for a fee.
- Aurora Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes an obituary index for the Beacon newspaper, a marriage license index, and a cemetery index
- Aurora Illinois Area Cemeteries: This website appears to have gone offline, but you may be able to access some of the burial listings from the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine here: Aurora Area Cemeteries at the Wayback Machine
- Lincoln Memorial Park Burial Records Search Aurora, Illinois
- Kane County: Elgin, Illinois Area Obituaries Index, Mid 1970s to 2011 from the Schaumburg Township District Library; click on "browse documents" for a PDF of the index
- Kane County: Elgin Genealogical Society includes a probate index, funeral home index, Civil War dead and more (for Elgin, IL)
- Kane County: Elgin Newspapers Vital Records Surname Search indexes obituaries, birth notices, and marriage announcements from July 1, 2002 to recent; also has some listings prior to 1915; from the Gail Borden Public Library District
- Kane County, Elgin, Gail Borden Public Library District, Local Newspaper Obituary Digital Index, 1922-2017 from FamilySearch
- Kane County: St. Charles Public Library Local Newspapers Index, 1986-present includes obituaries
- Kankakee County, Illinois Death Index, 1870-1992 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Kankakee County, Illinois Death Certificates, 1915-1951, Index, 1916-1958 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Kankakee County Obituaries and Death Index obituaries are mostly after 1975; death index covers 1877-1916; from the Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society
- Kankakee County: Kankakee Area Obituaries Index
- Knox County: Galesburg Public Library Birth, Obituary, and Wedding Index, 2006-recent from the Register Mail newspaper
- Knox County Cemeteries
- Knox County: Linwood and East Linwood Cemetery Database in Galesburg, Illinois
- Lake County: Highland Park Obituary Index, 1874-2009
- Lake County: Barrington Courier-Review Indexes and Barrington Cemetery Listings
- Lake County: Vital Records Published in Mundelein Newspapers includes obituaries
- Cook Memorial Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1999 indexes obituaries from the Libertyville Review, Lake County Independent, Waukegan Weekly Sun, Libertyville Independent Register, and other newspapers; coverage varies by newspaper
- Lake County Genealogical Records Index Indexes birth, marriage and death records prior to January 1, 1916. Death records begin in 1877; births in 1871; and marriage licenses in 1839.
- Lake County: Mount Olivet Cemetery Burials Zion, Illinois
- Macon County: Decatur Public Library Herald and Review Obituary Database for the Decatur Daily Review from 1878-1931, the Evening Review from 1931-1980, and the Herald and Review from 1980 to present.
- Macon County: Decatur Public Library Collections, 1879-2007 from FamilySearch includes obituary indexes, 1879-2007; also includes WWI soldiers cards
- Macon County Clerk Death Records, 1877-1918; Index, 1877-1922 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Macon County Death Index, December 1877-1915 is included in the Illinois State Archives Pre-1916 death index listed above
- Madison County Genealogical Resources - Includes Cemetery Burials (from the Edwardsville Public Library and the Illinois Digital Archives) includes: Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions of Madison County, Illinois (several volumes) and other items
- FamilySearch has a guide for the above archive that lists which cemetery is in each volume: Madison County, Illinois Cemeteries - Links to Digital Transcriptions
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery Transcriptions, 1853-2009 from FamilySearch in Centralia, Illinois
- Marion County: Elmwood Cemetery List of Deceased in Centralia, Illinois; PDF document
- Marion County: Patoka Cemetery Inscriptions and Genealogical Information PDF
- McHenry County Assorted Genealogy Indexes includes death notices from assorted newspapers about 1856-1989
- McHenry County Historical Society Obituaries Index
- McHenry Plaindealer Obituary Indexes for August 1875 through April 1890 (ongoing project); and 1949-1984 (1950 is missing); from the McHenry Public Library District
- McHenry County: Algonquin Area Obituary Index, 2005-2016
- McHenry County: Woodstock Public Library Local History Index indexes some obituaries in the Woodstock Sentinel and other items
- McLean County Probate Record Index, 1834-1934
- McLean County Will Record Index, 1838-1940
- McLean County: Central Illinois Obituaries, 1850-1880 from Bloomington, Illinois Newspapers (downloadable e-books)
- McLean County: Some Old Gravestone Inscriptions in Bloomington and Randolph Townships (downloadable e-book)
- McLean County Genealogical Society - Elmer E. Garst's Little Black Book containing the names, births, and deaths of residents of Stanford, Illinois
- Montgomery County Death Index, 1877-1950
- Montgomery County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Research Databases includes death records index, 1878-1950; obituaries index, 1980-1981 and 1984-2020; cemetery burials index and more
- Peoria County Birth, Marriage and Death Records Before 1916 includes scanned copies of the registers; for death records, coverage starts 12-28-1877; births start with 1878; marriages start at 3-22-1825
- Peoria County, Illinois, Deaths, 1878-1915 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized images of the death registers
- Peoria County: Springdale Cemetery Grave Finder in Peoria, Illinois
- Peoria County: City of Chillicothe Cemetery Burial Search
- Peoria County Cemeteries - Name Indexes also includes a probate index and other items -- look under the "resources" tab
- Peoria County Probate Case Files Index, 1825-1887
- Perry County Cemetery Burials Includes these cemeteries: Chapman, Curlee, DeGroft, Dry, Huggins/Old Keene, John Hawkins, Nine Mile, and Swanwick Cemetery.
- Perry County Cemeteries scanned books from the Pinckneyville Public Library
- Pulaski County Birth and Death Records, 1882-1919 scanned microfilm from FamilySearch; each volume has a handwritten index; coverage may vary by type of record
- Pulaski County - also see Southern Illinois Obituaries below
- Rock Island County Clerk's Office - Genealogy Vital Records Indexes
- Rock Island County Probate Case Files Index, 1834-1899
- Rock Island County Historical Society Obituaries Index
- Rock Island County Genealogical Society Indexes includes recent obituaries and funeral memorial cards
- Rock Island County, Index to Deaths, 1878-1921; Deaths, 1877-1891 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- Rock Island County, Illinois Will Abstracts, 1837-1891 scanned books from FamilySearch
- St. Clair County Genealogical Society: Assorted Genealogy Indexes includes Millstadt Enterprise Obituary Index, 1897-1949; Freeburg Tribune Obituary Index, 1904-1939; Belleville News Democrat Obituary Indexes, 1904-2007; Proofs of Death, 1870-1880; funeral card collection, cemetery indexes; and more
- Vital Statistics Extracted from the Belleville Daily Advocate, 1927-1954
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptism, marriage and death (burial) records; coverage varies by parish
- Sangamon County GenWeb Genealogy Website includes many cemetery listings
- Sangamon County: Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Records, March 1858-1940 in Springfield, IL
- Sangamon County: Roselawn Memorial Park Burials in Springfield, IL
- Sangamon County: Village of Chatham Cemetery Search
- Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index 1821-1906
- Tazewell County: Pekin Times Obituary Index, 1914-recent from the Pekin Public Library
- Tazewell County Clerk Vital Records, 1827-1922 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes Index to Register of Deaths, 1877-1916, and other items
- Vermilion County: Pape Mortuary Genealogical Database (over 100,000 records) has listings for Eastern Illinois and Western Indiana
- Vermilion County Clerk Register of Deaths, 1877-1903 (with index, 1877-1907); and Stillbirth Register, 1878-1917 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; indexed
- Vermilion County Coroner's Inquest Files Index, 1908-1956
- Vermilion County Cemeteries: Photographs of Grave Markers also includes photos of grave markers from nearby counties
- Vermilion County: Danville Jewish Community Obituaries
- Whiteside County: Sterling Daily Gazette Index from the Sterling Public Library includes obituaries
- Whiteside County Cemeteries scanned book at the Internet Archive; compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 1959
- Whiteside County: Fulton Newspapers Indexes indexes some deaths and obituaries; from the Schmaling Memorial Public Library
- Whiteside County: Tampico Area Historical Society Obituary and Cemetery Indexes
- Will County: Joliet Herald-News Obituary Index, 1973-2012 (may be temporarily offline) from the Joliet Public Library
- Will County GenWeb Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery listings and obituaries
- Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, Sacramental Records, 1800-1976 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes baptism, marriage and death (burial) records; coverage varies by parish
- Will County: Compiled Records from Lockport Area Genealogical and Historical Society, 1811-1995 (at Ancestry/requires payment); includes cemetery books, church records, and other items
- Will County: Frankfort Area Obituary Index
- Will County: Plainfield Enterprise Obituary Database, 1893-present also has a Plainfield Township Cemetery Database, 1836-2000; from the Plainfield Area Public Library
- Winnebago County Death Index, 1844-1981
- Winnebago County Death Index, 1844-1992 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- Winnebago County Death Certificates, ca. 1876-1943 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; not indexed
- Winnebago County Alphabetic Listing of Deaths, 1844-1987 (PDF)
- Winnebago County Cemeteries
- Catholic Diocese of Rockford Cemetery Burials for Mount Hope Cemetery (Elgin) and Calvary Cemetery (Winnebago)
- Winnebago County: Burials at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois
- Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981 from FamilySearch; A collection of obituaries from West-Central Illinois and Northeastern Missouri
- Southern Illinois Obituaries for Alexander, Pulaski and Union Counties; includes obituaries and death notices from: Cairo, Illinois Newspapers 1848-1908 (Alexander County); Pulaski County Newspapers 1857-1930 (with gaps); and the Jonesboro Gazette 1858-1939 (Union County)
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Illinois (fees and restrictions may apply)
- Illinois Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military and vital records, historical newspapers and city directories
- Online Illinois Naturalization Records and Indexes
To Find More Online Death Indexes Choose a State.
© 2003-2024 Joe Beine
May not be reproduced without permission