Chicago / Cook County Coroner's Death Certificates, 1878-1904 from chicagogenealogy

If you can't find a Chicago death certificate from 1878-1922 for free at FamilySearch's Record Search it may be that the individual had a coroner's death certificate. An easy way to check is to search the Coroner's Inquest Index. (see link below)

If you find the name there, I can often locate the corresponding death certificate (different from the inquest record you'd get from IRAD at NEIU). Turnaround time is usually a few days.

Please note: Death certificate forms before 1910 did not ask for parent or informant names and forms before 1916 did not ask for spouse.

Fee if I find the record you requested: $8.00

Fee if I don’t find the record after a thorough search: $2.00

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Please provide the full index entry from the Illinois Statewide Death Index or tell me with the name and death or burial date (at least a year). If you need more than one record, please create a request for each one separately.

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