Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989
Index and images of miscellaneous records of cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Chicago [Illinois]. The majority of the collection is comprised of burial index cards. A small percentage of the collection includes burial registers, daily burial logs and registers of cemetery lot owners. Cemeteries within the Archdiocese of Chicago are located in both Cook and Lake counties, Illinois.
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Illinois Archdiocese of Chicago Cemetery Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains Catholic cemetery records which begin as early as 1864 and go through 1989.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
The The records are 95% in English with the remaining 5% distributed in Czech, Latin, German, and Hungarian. See also
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Name of deceased
- Death date
- Burial dates and places
- Age
- Cause of death
- Residence
- Birth year
- Names of children
- Mortuary or undertaker
Collection Content
Sample Image
Burial Record
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Digital Folder Number List
This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago Cemetery Records Digital Folder Number List.Collection Details
Location of Original Records
Archdiocese of Chicago
"Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 13 December 2024. Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois.
