Chicago Marriage Records Search

Before getting married in chicago or suburban cook county couples must obtain a marriage license from the cook county clerk s office.

Chicago marriage records search.

There is a 5 surcharge for records obtained at currency exchanges. Go to a local currency exchange. A marriage license is filed with the clerk s bureau of vital records after the marriage ceremony takes place. Official marriage records provide information about whether a marriage is legally valid the names of both parties to the marriage and when the wedding took place.

Requesting a wallet marriage certificate. Chicago marriage records provide information about marriage licenses certificates and registries in chicago illinois. Some of the matching records can be found in ancestry s historical newspapers birth marriage death announcements 1851 2003 which includes the chicago tribune 1850 1985. The marriage entries from this index are included in the illinois statewide marriage index 1763 1900 with fink in the license number field.

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