Friday, 31 October 2014

Online Free Illinois Marriage Records

By Claire Dowell


Because the marriage records Illinois issues to its residents are considered as an open document, residents of Illinois can freely access it whenever they find it necessary.

Marriage certificates are used for a number of reasons. Residents of Illinois request for a copy of their marriage certificates for them to use when dealing with any government transactions. Transactions such as insurance and any matters related to the finances and dependents of the couple would call for a copy of a marriage certificate. Those who conduct genealogy research would look into the marriage certificate. It contains vital information that is necessary when updating the family tree. Ironically, marriage certificates are also necessary when filing divorce.

As its name, it has information about the marriage of a resident of Illinois. The document would contain the personal details of the couple such as their complete name as well as the date and place of their birth and the jobs they had on the time of their marriage. The document highlights details of the marriage. Information as to where and when it took place is indicated on it. The names of the couple's parents and those who bear witness to the marriage of the couple are indicated on the file.

Only marriages that took place since January 1962 are available for request in the state of Illinois. Only the bride, the groom and their immediate family has the right to request for a copy of a marriage certificate. An authorization request or a court order has to be presented if one needs to access the records of other people. To verify one's relationship to the people on the file, the one who requested the document would have to provide their contact details on the request form together with the basic details of the document that is being obtained. All of the given information will be used to verify and document access to the said file.

The marriage certificates of Illinois are kept at the office of the Vital Records Section; however, the said office does not release a copy of such document. One has to go to the county clerk office in the county where the marriage was registered in order to get a copy of the said file. The state office only helps verify information and directs you to where the document can be requested. Verification fee would cost only $5, however a separate fee from the county office has to be paid and the fee would depend per county.

Using the Internet to request for a copy of a marriage record in Illinois is now possible. This makes the retrieval easy and convenient. Request for Public marriage records free of any service charges can even be done. This is possible with websites that offer a free trial period to their users. Users can then decide if they wish to proceed with the charged search after they have personally used the website's system for free.




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