Hi Everyone,

Sorry to have to share this news with you, but the earth is still quaking on what Cook County Illinois Vital Records group has just done to the genealogical community.

As of now, if you visit the website to search for Cook County Illinois Vital Records (https://genealogy.cookcountyclerk.com/), you will discover that YOU CAN NO LONGER SEARCH THE SITE FOR BIRTH, MARRIAGE OR DEATH CERTIFICATES related to your ancestral search.

As of now, you will have to provide Cook County Vital Records, via a series of online forms,  the information related to who you are looking for, providing details you might not even know such as exact date of the event in question.  There are some parts of these forms that are optional to fill but without YOU being able to search and determine which vital record you are interested in, the entire selection process is left…