mercredi 26 février 2014

Illinois Free Death Records

By Ben Kingsley


There are two types of death records you can obtain in the state of Illinois. These are the genealogical copy and the certified official duplicate. The former is available to the public irrespective of one's relationship to the person who passed away. The latter can only be obtained by family members and those who have documented interest in the file for legal purposes. To start your query about the passing of a relative, you can check out IL death records.

For records of death that transpired after 1916, you can forward your appeal to the Illinois Department of Health, Vital Records Unit. First and foremost, you need to accomplish the request form which you can download from the Internet. Afterwards, you must complete all the required information such as the name of the deceased, date and place of birth, the name of his or her parents, and the Social Security Number. Also, you need to mention your objective for needing such file, how you are related to the person who passed away, your mailing address and contact details. Do not forget to attach a photocopy of your government-issued ID to prove your identity. The amount of $17.00 and & $10.00 will be collected for the certified death decree and non-certified genealogical copy, respectively. Only disbursements in the form of check or money order are acceptable. You should remember that there will be no refunds for the payment you made if there are no records discovered in the search.

If your application is complete, you have the option to send your petition via mail, online, through fax or you can drop it off to the agency. Usually, you will have to wait for about a week before the papers you need be delivered to your address. All requests that are submitted via fax or through the worldwide web will incur additional charges.

The specifics you will find in a certain death certificate vary from one county to another, depending also on the year the death report was acquired. In most cases, such decree reveals information about the deceased person's complete name, date and place of death, age, date of birth, and typically, the names of the parents. However, some death reports include the occupation, location of the burial, the cause of death and sometimes, the name of the physician.

For occurrences of death before 1916, you can visit the specific county where the person's death transpired or you can make additional examination at the Illinois State Archives Reference Room. The said agency keeps records of death beginning 1877 to 1916 which you can look up to.

Currently, obituary searches can be executed instantly. The diverse online records resources you can check-out in the worldwide web made the method a lot simpler. You can decide on what locations to access depending on your needs. There are online communities you can use for free while there are also Internet sites which require you to pay sum amount for their services.




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