100 S. 10th St.
Mt Vernon, IL 62864
8-5 Mon-Fri closed on Holidays
Website: http://jeffersoncountyillinois.com/
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COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER
100 South 10th St., Room 105, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 Connie Simmons or Option 2 for Recorder - Real Estate records, Tax Extensions, DD214, etc. Email address: jeffcoclerk@jeffil.us GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH Per Illinois Vital Records Act and Vital. Records Code (Section 410 ILCS 535/23-25 of the Vital Records Act and Title 77 Illinois Administrative Code, Illinois Vital Records Code, Chapter 1, subchapter e, Part 500.20, Part 500.70) BIRTH, DEATH, AND MARRIAGE INDEXES in the custody of the county clerk, prior to January 1, 1916, are the only indexes that may be viewed by the public. It is unlawful for any custodian of vital records to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained in, vital records, or to copy or permit to be copied, all or part of any such record except as authorized by this Act or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any custodian who willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of Section 24 or 25 of the Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony. No copies of indexes can be made. Indexes of some birth and death records are available for inspection in the Illinois State Archives reference area, Illinois Regional Archives Depositories, and other libraries. Those must first ic approved by the Illinois State Registrar and the Director of the Illinois State Archives. These indexes only have births of 100 years old or older, deaths 50 years old or older, and marriage records 75 years old or older. If you know the date(s), the following can be issued for genealogy and must be stamped For genealogical purposes only:
If these records are since January 1, 1916, you will be asked to sign a form. FEES: (Must accompany request - payable to Jefferson County Clerk) By Mail - PLEASE CALL FOR CURRENT PRICING. If record is found a genealogy copy will be forwarded. In office since 1916 you have date(s) if for genealogy copy. In office prior to 1916 and you pull record - $2 for genealogy copy PLEASE CALL FOR CURRENT PRICING Our BIRTH RECORDS begin about 1878 Our DEATH RECORDS begin about 1877 MARRIAGE RECORDS go back to 1830 WILLS AND DIVORCE RECORDS are handled in Circuit Clerk's office We have Census Record forms which can be mailed to Pittsburg, Kansas to obtain Census information. CIRCUIT CLERK Wills, Probate, and divorces as well as all court records can be obtained from the circuit clerk. They request that you send a SASE with only one request per time. They will process these request as quickly as possible. When records have been located, they will send you information as to the cost of copy charges. Send request to: Jefferson County Circuit Clerk
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