Beginning in 1894, marriage licenses of the city of Chicago are separated from other licenses of Cook County. Within each sequence of 100 numbers, the Cook County licenses come first, followed by licenses from Chicago. Licenses arranged numerically and chronologically. Some licenses in correct chronological order are misnumbered. Spade marks on licenses indicate numbering problem. Most years have out of order licenses indicated as (misc.). Prior...

Each issue of this Chicago newspaper includes a small number of obituaries, some of which may not be found elsewhere. The 1890s obituaries include related genealogical information. Most of the obituaries are for people who resided in the city of Chicago.

Many sequences of numbers missing within film number ranges in the film notes. In at least one instance, a certificate number found in the index is found twice for the same year (1895) in the sequences of certificate numbers in the inventory below. Check through the sequences of numbers for the year of your subject's birth to verify whether or not the subject's number is found more than once for that year. If the number is found more than once, you...

Important: The microfiche associated with this title are restricted, meaning they can only be obtained in the Family History Library at the Access Services Window on the 2nd floor. This index is used for finding the following record types held by the library: (1) birth certificates; (2) birth entries in birth registers. All library titles indexed by this record are found in the "References" field below. This index is arranged in alphabetical order...

Date headings, found intermittently in the film inventory below, are very general. Actual dates on records may vary by many years. Bills of sale of property noted on the last reel of film for this record.