. but they were someone's Mother, Father, Grandparent, or neighbor. Cemeteries - Cook County, IL (Burial Services & Records) Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois Government Offices Cemeteries Illinois Cook County There are 121 Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois, serving a population of 5,238,541 people in an area of 946 square miles. Free Sons Cemetery 1400 Desplaines Ave, Forest Park, IL, 60130. This information is to assist the public in obtaining reports and records from the Office of the Me, The Cook County Clerk's office is the official record keeper for marriages, civil unions and domestic partnershipsin Chicago and suburban C, Before getting married in Chicago or suburban Cook County, couples must obtain a marriage license from the Cook County Clerk's office.Marria, Notary Public CommissionsThe Cook County Clerk's office certifies newly commissioned notaries public who live in Cook County and certifies n, Office of the Independent Inspector General, CARES Act Information for Local Governments, Freedom of Information Act for Offices Under the President. where more than 13,000 individuals have been interred and more come each month. $1,200,000. We are slated to open for patron visits in the future. Its magnificent parks, boulevards and cemeteries. The unknown entries in this book may well be the only recognition of that person in death. IX (Soldiers Buried in Camp Butler (African-American) & Chicago, Illinois) Ancestry, U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. NOTE: It appears that a new contract with Homewood Gardens was approved on October 2 2012 which would indicate that the above plan did not happen. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Cemeteries in Cooke County, Texas 80 Cooke County, Texas locations. Phone: 708-865-6060 0.5 miles away. (Also known as: Oak Forest Cemetery, Cook County Potters Field) Location: 159th and Crawford on Grounds of Oak Forest Hospital Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois 60452 Bremen Township Section: 22 Township 36 Range: 13 Latitude/Longitude : 4157'19.8"N 8747'28.6"W Cemetery records at: Oak Forest Hospital Medical Records Office Indian (Wheaton) Cemetery Located near the corner of Seymour and East Birch Run Roads. Complete cemetery census of Montague County Texas 1857-2005 : including all isolated graves plus the graves in Western Cook County & Northern Wise County, Lost, abandoned, family and small community cemeteries : along the Red River Valley in northeast Texas, in Fannin, Grayson, Collin, Red River, Delta, Cooke, Hunt and Lamar counties, a compilation of cemetery listing copied between 1930 and 1965, Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, Fairview cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, Heroes, scoundrels and angels : Fairview Cemetery of Gainesville, Texas, Rest Haven Cemetery : Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. 1953-1987 : Alberson, Brian-Zawita, Anna, Cemetery interment registers and burial logs, 1900-1955, Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois interment records, 1900-1987, Doepp Estate : now part of Homewood Memorial Gardens cemetery; Thornton Township, Cook County; Homewood, Illinois, Mount Holland Cemetery : aka Holland, Old Holland, First Reformed; now part of Homewood Memorial Gardens cemetery; Thornton Township, Cook County; Homewood, Illinois, Oak Ridge Cemetery : aka Fremont Holbrook Cemetery; now part of Homewood Memorial Gardens cemetery; Thornton Township, Cook County, Homewood, Illinois, Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, Cook County, Illinois, Resurrection Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, Illinois, cemetery records, 1904-1989. Hills Memorial Park, Holy There is a $250.00 fee to retrieve cremated remains that may be waived if the legal next-of-kin can provide proof of indigent status. Ft. 1090 N Hemlock Rd, Charlestown, NH 03603. It is reported that 37 white persons and an unknown number of Indians were buried there. Fritcheys plan would allow the county to bury its indigent, unclaimed and unknown bodies with greater oversight, reverence and respect, Fritchey said. 1955-1989 Family History Library, Interment records: first series, ca. This is the daughter cemetery of Cook County Cemetery at Dunning. Home; Business Search; Social Search; Public Records; Resources; Recordspedia; Resources By Record. Keep up-to-date with the latest releases from Genealogy Today, along with news from a variety of other sources when you Sign Up for this FREE service. After 1912 when the cemetery was renamed Chicago State Hospital Cemetery, a grave numbering for those began. Most all who died before the 1871 Chicago Fire, and those where the institution did not file an official death certificate, but only simply noted the death and burial in their records. Family members were often buried near each other. Illinois Newspapers, Full Search (1818-2016), 458 titles, Bohemian National but not to be remembered and mournedafter earthly lifeis an ugly blemish on human dignity. PREFACE HISTORY OF COOK COUNTY POTTERS FIELD BURIALS. Olivet (Justice) Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Oak Hill (Chicago) Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Orland Memorial Park - Cooper Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Some German name cemeteries, Cook County, Illinois WorldCat, Some German name cemeteries, Cook County, Illinois, compiled by Mrs. Bernhard Lundberg (Gertrude W.) WorldCat, South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society cemetery census series WorldCat, St. Mary's (Evergreen Park) Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, St. Matthew Lutheran Cemetery, Lemont Illinois Family History Library, The roll of honor : containing the names of soldiers, sailors, and marines of all the wars of our country who are buried in the cemeteries of Cook County, or the Garden of the dead, together with the military record and place of burial of each of them as completely as they can be ascertained Family History Library, Beverly Memorial Park Cemetery Billion Graves, First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves, Hazelgreen Cemetery : Worth Township, Cook County, Alsip, Illinois Family History Library, Hazelgreen Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Hazelgreen Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois WorldCat, Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Billion Graves, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Index of records, 1902 to 2002 : including St. John Cemetery, Euclid at Waterman, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1907-2002 [St. John United Church of Christ (Arlington Heights, Ill.)] WorldCat, Memory Gardens Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave, St. John United Church of Christ (formerly Evangelical and Reform) Cemetery : Euclid at Waterman, Arlington Heights, IL, 1907-2002 WorldCat, St. Peter's cemetery reckoning as of July 4, 1991 WorldCat, Barrington Center Cemetery : Sutton Road & Route 68, Barrington Hills, Illinois WorldCat, An historical and pictorial book of Old Settlers Cemetery. After witnessing problems pertaining to haphazard burials at Burr Oak Cemetery and seeing the burials at Homewood Memorial Gardens, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart pushed for reforms. An excellent set of ledger books covering virtually all burials in the cemetery are, as of this writing, stored in the basement of the Oak Forest Hospital. 1,810 Sq. And then there are many microfilm reels that have yet to be searched. it served as the official county Potters Field for the unclaimed and unwanted dead of Chicago and Cook County. An assume, The Cook County Clerk's office keeps official records of births that occur in Chicago and suburban Cook County. LDSGenealogy.com is privately owned and is not an official site of FamilySearch International or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Vernon Memorial Hills Cemetery US Gen Web Archives, Our Lady of Victory Convent Cemetery Find a Grave, S.S. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Cemetery US Gen Web Archives, SS Cyril and Methodius Cemetery : Lemont, Illinois WorldCat, Saint Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave, Saint Alphonsus Cemetery, Lemont, Illinois Family History Library, Saint James at Sag Bridge Catholic Church Billion Graves, Saint James of the Sag Cemetery : Lemont Township, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Matthew Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave, Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves, Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves, Self guided tour of St. James at the Sag Cemetery Family History Library, St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery US Gen Web Archives, St. James Catholic Cemetery US Gen Web Archives, St. James Church Cemetery at the Sag : Lemont, Illinois WorldCat, St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery, Lemont, Illinois WorldCat, St. Patrick's Cemetery, Lemont, Illinois WorldCat, Town of Maine cemetery records Family History Library, Town of Maine cemetery records, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois : from beginning of cemetery to November, 1941 Family History Library, Elliot Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves, Community Presbyterian Church Peace Garden Find a Grave, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves, Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery : Mount Prospect, IL 60056. WorldCat, Passionist Monastery Cemetery Find a Grave, Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 LDS Genealogy, Register of Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Douglas, 1862-65 and lie buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ills., 1892 Internet Archive, Register, Burials, January 1872-June 1877, St. Ansgarius Episcopal Church Digital Public Library of America, Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave, Saint Casimir Lithuanian Cemetery Billion Graves, Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves, Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave, The Final Disposition, Vol. Sepulchre Cemetery, Homewood 1910-1987, St. Matthews Lutheran Cemetery : Shermer Rd. Cook County Government. for the Cook County institutions. Cook County Maywood Department of Public Health WIC Office 1701 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL, 60153. I have attempted to include as much descriptive data as possible, so that someone might be able to include or exclude an unknown person from their particular search for a relative. It was designed to contain twelve thousand separate graves, each with its own concrete headstone. We have set your language to Note: Affiliate links are used within the directory on this site and a small contribution goes to the website for some purchases made. 1959-1989 : Abbate, Julia - Zyant, Harold E, Lemont Methodist Church Cemetery : aka Bell/Kelsy/Kelsy; Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois, Sacred Heart Cemetery : Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois, Palos Oak Hill Cemetery : aka Briar Hill, Oak Knoll; Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois, Marriage records, August 1908-November 1920, burial records, February 1896-August 1921, St. Mary's Church (Episcopal), Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County, Richton Park, Illinois, Saint Anne Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County, Park Forest, Illinois, Saint Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County; Richton Park, Illinois. I am Barry A Fleig and can be contacted at bartonius84@hotmail.com. Alsip Arlington Heights Barrington Bartlett Berkeley Blue Island Broadview Calumet City Calumet Park Chicago Chicago Heights Country Club Hills Crestwood Danish Cemetery Cemetery Des Plaines Dolton Dunning Elgin Elk Grove Village Evanston Evergreen Park We are slated to open for patron visits in the future. These were separate sections for. Phone: 708-786-4020 . Follow the Cook County Historic Archives and Records Office on Twitter @CookCoArchives and on Instagram @CookCountyArchives. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. 1910-1949; second series, ca. We are committed to providing access to rich historical archival materials that explains the role of the growth and development of Cook County. or impossible to locate, and neither the public or private sector readily accept the responsibility to care for As time permits these listings will and are being refined, corrected, and improved. He was born Feb. 11, 2008, to Dana Miljavac and Kyle Embrey. . Cook County Cemetery Records All Saints (Des Plaines) Cemetery Illinois Gravestones An inventory of cemeteries in South Cook County Family History Library Bluff City Cemetery Illinois Gravestones Cemetery records of Du Page and Cook counties WorldCat Cemetery records, Du Page and Cook Counties, Illinois; WorldCat There are three rolls of microfilm covering the period of 4 March 1911 to 17 November 1971. To use this feature, use a newer browser. In 1970, Cook County Cemetery, lacking additional space, closed permanently. From 1854 to 1971, Cook County operated its own cemeteries, none of which are still in use. Burial record of Arlington Cemetery at Elmhurst, Illinois. Don't Threaten. Circa 2011 they charged the county $289 per body. The Cook County Clerk's office keeps official records of deaths that occur in Chicago and suburban Cook County. A very small 50' x 200' addition (.2295 acre in size) containing 10,000 square feet is the third section of Cook County Cemetery created about 1883. There are many deaths at the Dunning institution that have been lost forever. (Index of Burials and History of this cemetery available in MN Cemetery Notebooks, Cook County, at MGS www.mngs.org) Transcription Date 1994: Transcriber Cook County Historical Society: Location of Original Cook County Historical . Map. At Cook County Cemetery at Dunning on Chicagos Northwest Side, 38,000 people were buried from 1854 to 1911, including victims of the Great Chicago Fire and the Civil War. Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery : Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois, Bloom Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (Illinois) : Chicago Heights, Bloom Township, Cook Co., Illinois. This webpage documents this location, For a very short time, A contract sent bodies to a cemetery in Indiana. Passenger Lists View Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 Marriage & Divorce U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Court, Governmental & Criminal Records U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Court, Governmental & Criminal Records He has endorsed Fritcheys plan and proposed that county jail inmates make the caskets and assist with burials. Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois - Index to Linhart Funeral Home Records A book for sale. This databasecurrently contains many omissions, misspellings, and mechanical errors, but has been uploaded for the purpose of placing the names online and making them available, rather than letting them languish on one personal computer. Find genealogy and surname records in Cook County, Illinois This service is intended to be used as a resource to determine the general status of historical and in-process court cases. Greenwood Cemetery, Queen of Heaven Index and images of miscellaneous records of cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Chicago [Illinois]. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Prospect, Illinois, St. Paul Evangelical-Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial Center, Interment records: first series, ca. There was most likely a detailed numbering system, but was most probably lost when ledgers and recordsof the Old Grounds were damaged and destroyed. WorldCat, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves, Sacred Heart Cemetery : Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Lemont Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave, Palos Oak Hill Cemetery : aka Briar Hill, Oak Knoll; Palos Township, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Marriage records, August 1908-November 1920, burial records, February 1896-August 1921, St. Mary's Church (Episcopal) Family History Library, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County, Richton Park, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Anne Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County, Park Forest, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church Cemetery : Rich Township, Cook County; Richton Park, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Pauls Evangelical Reform Cemetery Find a Grave, St. Anne Cemetery interment records, 1951-1986 : Bock, Anna-Weishaar, William F. Family History Library, Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum Billion Graves, Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave, Interment records, ca. We make no judgments, but commend them to the mercy of our loving Creator. There were many different forms over the years used to record the death of those buried at Dunning. The new cemetery would be immediately west of a former county cemetery, where nearly 91,000 bodies were buried from 1911 to 1971. We look forward to hearing from you soon! The County Clerk maintains records and issues certificates of vital statistics (birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage certificates) for the entire County. This collection comprises burial index cards, burial registers, daily burial logs, and registers of cemetery lot owners. Compiling a list of the burials in Cook County Cemetery is a very difficult task because almost all official cemetery ledgers have either been lost or destroyed. (Also known as: Oak Forest Cemetery, Cook County Potters Field), Location: 159th and Crawford on Grounds of Oak Forest Hospital, Latitude/Longitude:4157'19.8"N 8747'28.6"W, Cemetery records at: Oak Forest Hospital Medical Records Office. The Cook County Public Records (Illinois) links below open in a new . This was a great improvement contrasted to the old method of digging eight foot trenches with a wooden slab bearing an identification number. All Rights Reserved. Sacred Heart Mission (Chicago, Illinois)) Family History Library, Bohemian National Cemetery Billion Graves, Bohemian National Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois WorldCat, Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois : burials Family History Library, Casualty list of Yankee Soldiers, Civil War Family History Library, Cemetery guide of Jewish cemeteries and non-sectarian cemeteries with Jewish sections in the Chicago area : and map of Jewish Waldheim cemeteries Family History Library, Cemetery records from first record book of Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, 1860-1866 Family History Library, Chicago Cemetery Records 1847-1863 : Sexton's Reports And Certificates, Treasurer Receipts, Deeds, And Undertakers' Reports WorldCat, Chicago City Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave, Chicago cemetery records 1847-1863 : sexton's reports and certificates, treasurer receipts, deeds, and undertakers' reports Family History Library, Chicago, the Garden city. Bellwood, Cook County, Illinois Cemetery Records At pubrecords.com. This section appears to have been first used in the spring of 1889 and platted officially in November of 1890. south of Dempster St., Niles, Illinois, Village Presbyterian Church Garden Columbarium, Cemetery records, North Northfield, Cook County, Illinois, Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery : Bremen Township, Cook County, Oak Forest, Illinois, Saint John the Baptist Episcopal Cemetery, Christ Lutheran Cemetery : Orland Township, Cook County, Illinois, Orland Memorial Park Cemetery : aka Cooper, Orland Burying Ground; Orland Township, Cook County, Illinois, Orland Memorial Park Cemetery records, 1859-1994, Interment records, ca. 1889-1989 Family History Library, Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave, Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Billion Graves, Flossmoor Community Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave, Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves, Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery : aka Bloom Evangelical Lutheran, Bloom Township, Cook County, Flossmoor, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave, Forest Home Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, The Cemetery at Altenheim, Forest Park, Illinois Family History Library, Waldheim Jewish Cemetery Illinois Gravestones, Baptisms, marriages, burials, communicants & confirmations, 1912-1923 (St. Elisabeth Episcopal Church (Glencoe, Illinois)) Family History Library, Glenview Community Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave, Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves, Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave, Villa Redeemer Monastery Cemetery Find a Grave, Assumption Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Billion Graves, Assumption Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Find a Grave, Interment records, 1924, 1927, ca. Cemetery records may include images or transcriptions of tombstones, or other burial records kept by the cemetery. Welcome to the Cook County Clerk's Office | Cook County Clerk 1925-1987 Family History Library, Mormon graves in Cook County : Des Plaines, Illinois Family History Library, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois Family History Library, Berger Cemetery : Thornton Township, Cook County; Dolton, Illinois Family History Library, Oakland Memory Lanes Cemetery, Dolton, Ill. WorldCat, Oakland Memory Lanes cemetery, Dolton, Illinois Family History Library, Burial record of Arlington Cemetery at Elmhurst, Illinois Family History Library, Burial record of Arlington Cemetery at Elmhurst, Illinois. Additionally, there microfilmed copies of five books at South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society. Illinois Cemetery Records, Adams to Clinton Illinois Cemetery Records, Coles to Franklin Cook County Government. There was a problem getting your location. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. The cemetery located at Seymour and E. Burt Roads is owned by the township and burial records are held at the township supervisor's office. Reports of problems were made as early as December 3, 1923 when the Annual Report of the Cook County Infirmary was released. Bloom Presbyterian Church and cemetery, Chicago Heights, Bloom Township, Cook Co., Illinois. From 1911 to 1971, the Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest Hospital saw 90,740 burials. No grave numbering system has yet been found for the Old Grounds sections, representing burials between 1854 and the Fall of 1889. Some of those included city Board of Health physicians Certificate of Death, Return of Death from a Hospital, Certificate of Death from the Coroner, and others. old forgotten cemeteries. XVIII (Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois), York Township (DuPage County, Il.) Over the years the cemetery was a victim of negligence. By resuming its own cemetery operations, the county could save $180 million and meet its needs for the next 100 years, Fritchey estimated. The cemetery which measured 114 feet by 160.5 feet, was removed by court permission in the April of 1952. Cemeteries of Bloomfield Township, Johnson County, Illinois, Old Smith Burying Ground : Bloom Township, Cook County, Illinois, An Index of headstones in Lincoln Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, First Lutheran Cemetery Blue Island, Illinois, Old Blue Island Cemetery : Worth Township, Cook County; Blue Island, Illinois, The Old Blue Island (IL) Cemetery 1867-1935, Batchelor Grove Cemetery : aka Bachelor's Grove, Old Bachelor's Grove, Everden/Everdon, Smith's; Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois, Burial or removal permits, 1916 (1), 1920-1935. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County provides on-line case information as a public service.