Illinois Adoption Reunion Registry
TOLL FREE within Illinois 877-323-5299 or at 217-557-5159. Illinois'Adoption Registry Act Illinois Adoption Registry / Medical Information Exchange Frequently Asked Questions Illinois Adoption Registry Forms Illinois Adoption Registry Application Section C - Optional written statement Birth Parent Registration Identification Form Adopted Person Registration Identification Form Surrendered Person Registration Identification Form Non-Surrendered Birth Sibling Registration Identification Form Adoptive Parent Registration Identification Form Legal Guardian Registration Identification Form State of Illinois Adoption Registry Information Exchange Authorization Form State of Illinois Adoption Registry Denial of Information Exchange Form State of Illinois Adoption Registry Medical Information Exchange Questionnaire Form State of Illinois Adoption Registry Medical Information Exchange Release Form State of Illinois Adoption Registry Denial of Medical Information Exchange Release Form
Illinois State Vital Records Office
Division of Vital Records 605 West Jefferson Street Springfield, IL 62702-5097 (217) 782-6553
Make money order, certified check or personal check payable to Illinois. If your request is mailed via regular USMail the turn around rate is 3 Weeks. If your request is sent via a speedy service (eg: Overnight, second day etc) then it is processed immediately and requested document is sent to you within 2 business days. The fee for a search of the State files is $15.00. If the record is found, one certification is issued at no additional charge.

Illinois State Archives
Margaret Cross Norton Building Capitol Complex Springfield, IL 62756 (217) 782-4682
The first time you send a request you must send in $5.00 and in turn you will be issued a card with ten 50 cent credits. Each time you request a death certificate, you send in the card and they punch the appropriate cost and return the card to you with the death certificates you've requested. There is a limit to 2 names per request and you must wait for a reply before sending in another request.
Many county records are located at Eastern Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL, 61920 phone (217) 581-6093 Hours: 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm

Overview of Illinois Adoption Laws

If a consent form is on file from the birth parents, identifying information may be provided to the adoptee at 21 (or younger with written permission of adoptive parents). Adult adoptees may register with the agency a desire not to have identifying information shared with the birth parents if such a request is made. Adoptive parents may register a similar non-consent on behalf of an adoptee under age 21.

The Department of Public Health operates a mutual consent registry for matching birth parents and adult adoptees. Adoptees may register at 21, or if younger than 21 but older than 18, with written permission of the adoptive parents. Identifying information may only be provided to birth parents and adoptees if consents from both are on file. Non-identifying information will be provided to an adoptee age 18 or older upon request.

For registry information contact: Illinois Adoption Registry Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital Records -- Adoption Registry 605 W. Jefferson Street Springfield, Illinois 62702. Telephone: (217) 782-6553.

Statute: PA 83-1408.

UPDATE: Confidential intermediary. A pilot project in some areas of IL where adoptees and birth parents can request written non-id and communication with relatives through Midwest Adoption Center in Des Plaines