CCHA Holdings 1878 - 1918
NOTE: County Records holdings are searchable by individual name through our Local History Online Catalog. Records are available in multiple formats and locations — the Summary of Holdings details the availability of each resource. If you require a certified copy of vital records, they are available for a fee at The Champaign County Clerk's Office.
NOTE: Vital records are not public records in Illinois. Certified copies are only available to specific individuals who have legal access. Access to records for genealogical purposes is allowed under Illinois State Law (410 ILCS 535-Vital Records Act) for records on file for a set period of time. Birth records are 75 years, marriage records are 50 years, and death records are 20 years.
Summary of Holdings
Births Registers
Volume I Register of Births, 1878 - 1880; stillbirths 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 (Nos. 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 of the preceding volumes are numbered 7-38)
Champaign County Birth Record Book, Volume 5, return dates October 1907 - June 1909 (XA, VA)
Champaign County Birth Records, January 1902 - July 1914, Index [father's surname] (MA)
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 at the Champaign County Historical Archives