How to Find Chicago Death Certificates After 1947
Death certificates for 1948-1950 are indexed in the
Illinois
Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950 but they are not available on
LDS microfilm.
Request copies of death certificates from 1948 forward from the Cook County Clerk's Office or the Illinois Department of Public Health. Non-certified copies of death certificates are available for genealogical purposes if the deaths occurred twenty or more years before the date of the request.
Cook County Clerk's Office
Cost: $15.00
PDF Request Form
Illinois Department of Public Health
Cost: $17.00 certified; $10.00 non-certified
PDF Request Form