Birth Records Location Guide
NOTE: Records are available in multiple formats and locations. The Summary of Holdings, below, details the availability for each resource. If you are in need of a certified copy of vital records that is available for a fee at The Champaign County Clerk’s Office, Brookens Building.
MA----MICROFILM AVAILABLE AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
RA---- RECORD AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
VA-----VOLUME AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
VB-----VOLUME AT THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE, BROOKENS BUILDING
XA-----BOUND XEROX COPY IN THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
Summary of Holdings
Births Registers
Volume I Register of Births 1878-1880; still births 1878-1879 (MA, XA, VB)
Volume 2 Register of Births 1880-1884 (MA,XA, VB)
Volume 3 Register of Births 1885-1889 (MA, XA, VB)
Volume 4 Register of Births 1889-1896 (MA, XA, VB)
Volume 5 Register of Births 1896-1900 (MA, XA, VB)
Still Births (No. 71-272) February 1880-August 1900 (XA, VB)
Index by Fathers’ Name for Register of Births Volume I. 1878 -1880 (MA, XA, VB)
Index by Fathers’ Name for Register of Births Volume 2. 1880 -1884 (XA, VB)
Index by Fathers’ Name for Register of Births Volume 3. 1885 -1889 (XA, VB)
Index by Fathers’ Name for Register of Births Volume 4. 1889 -1896 (XA, VB)
Champaign County Birth Returns: State Board of Health 1897-1901 Incomplete (RA)
Champaign County Birth Record Books Volume 1-4, file return dates January 1902- October 1907 and Volumes 6-11, file return dates June 1909 - March 1918. All volumes include Still Births (VB) (XA copies containing copies the preceding volumes are numbered 7-38)
Champaign County Birth Record Book Volume 5 - return dates Oct 1907- June 1909 (XA, VA)
Champaign County Birth Records January 1902 - July 1914 – Index [by father’s surname] (MA)