Will 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. Will Records by TypeBirth Records (81)Cemetery Records (329) Census Records (58) Church Records (235) City Directories (131) Court Records (2) Death Records (86) Histories and Genealogies (62) Immigration Records (4) Land Records (10) Map Records (43) Marriage Records (73) Military Records (15) Miscellaneous Records (5) Newspapers and Obituaries (140) Probate Records (6) School Records (81) Tax Records (1) 
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Will County Records by City/TownBeecher Genealogy (37)Bolingbrook Genealogy (38) Braidwood Genealogy (55) Channahon Genealogy (36) Crete Genealogy (57) Custer Park Genealogy (29) DuPage Genealogy (33) Elwood Genealogy (37) Frankfort Genealogy (58) Green Garden Genealogy (36) Homer in Will County Genealogy (36) Jackson Genealogy (38) Joliet Genealogy (571) Lockport Genealogy (115) |
Manhattan Genealogy (69) Mokena Genealogy (49) Monee Genealogy (42) New Lenox Genealogy (53) Peotone Genealogy (56) Plainfield Genealogy (50) Reed Genealogy (31) Rockdale Genealogy (31) Romeoville Genealogy (35) Shorewood Genealogy (29) Washington in Will County Genealogy (30) Wilmington Genealogy (68) Wilton Genealogy (31) |
Overview of Will County Records
- Will County was created in 1836 from Cook and DuPage counties.
- Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
- The Will County Clerk has death records starting from 1877 to 1916, birth records from 1877 to 1916, and marriage records from 1836.
- The Will County Recorder has land records from 1835.
- The Will County Circuit Court Clerk has probate records from 1837 and court records from 1836.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.