Kankakee County IL Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Kankakee Records by TypeBirth Records (35)Cemetery Records (149) Census Records (43) Church Records (129) City Directories (37) Death Records (45) Histories and Genealogies (37) Immigration Records (3) Land Records (8) Map Records (39) Marriage Records (48) Military Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (25) Probate Records (3) School Records (62) 
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Overview of Kankakee County Records
- Kankakee County was created in 1853 from Iroquois and Will counties.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The Kankakee County Clerk has birth records starting from 1878 to 1916, death records from 1878 to 1916, and marriage records from 1853.
- The Kankakee County Recorder has land records from 1832.
- The Kankakee County Circuit Court Clerk has probate and court records starting in 1853.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.