State Birth Certificate filed at local court house

By Anonymous on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 18:27

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Vital record certificate has State of Illinos, Illinois Dept of Health, Division of Vital Records at the top of the certificate, but the certificate is stamped County Clerk's Record and is housed at a local county clerk's office where the event took place (death, birth) Is this considered a State Record or a Local Record for citation purposes? I am referring to citation information on pages 466-467.

Submitted byEEon Thu, 08/16/2012 - 18:51

Sharon, if a county clerk's office maintains a record series and we use a record from that series, then we cite our record as part of that series and we cite the office where we found it. With various types of records, the county may use a form created by the state, and the county may file a copy with the state, but the state collection is a different entity from the county collection.

Submitted bysharon felkeron Thu, 08/16/2012 - 19:13

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