Deaths

The physicians of this county are negligent about making returns of births and deaths. The law requires a return be made within thirty days, under a penalty of ten dollars. But it is frequently several months after a birth or death before the attending physician reports the same to the county."

Contributed by Cindy Leonard from the Macoupin County Herald, 28 Mar 1879, page 8.

• 1850 Mortality Schedule
• 1860 Mortality Schedule
• Coroner's Record Index 1890-1908
• Individually Contributed Death Info
• Death Certificates

• Old Settlers' Memorial Rolls
• Funeral Notices
• Obituaries
• Coady Hatlen Memorial

Death Index 1878-1910

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You can find the original index at the courthouse in Carlinville IL; copy of the original index at IRAD; a copy of the original index on microfilm in the Family History Center (LDS) library.

Although deaths were recorded by 1878, there was no law to record deaths until 1916 so if the death record is not here, it may not have been recorded, or your ancestor may have died in another county or even another state. Many of the aged lived with children in their last years and the children may have lived in another county or state. If the death was recorded, it was recorded in the county and state in which the person died.

Death Index 1878-1910 was transcribed and contributed 01 Dec 2002 by the Macoupin Research Group: Mary Bradley of TX, Patti Breaux of LA, Larry Clark of MD, Julie Clark Close of IL, Gloria Frazier of the road, Heather Hendrix of TX, Sue McMurry of MO, Kathie Mirabella of NJ, Libby Naderhoff of IL, Judy Clark Wick of FL, Laura Wiegand of IL, Bruce Wilkins of CA, Debbie Woo of OR, and Jamie Wood of CA.

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