Where are Illinois County Court records archived? According to the Illinois State Genealogical Society newsletter, between 1867 and 1964, adoptions were handled by the County Courts, which were abolished in 1964. Where does one look now for adoption court files for cases that were handled by these courts? Are these publicly available, or are they only available to direct descendants? A related question: were proceedings of these courts documented somewhere in digest form that may be more accessible than the originals?

Records of adoption will be sealed...assuming the local court in question knows to seal them and does not allow them to be viewed by the public.

Chances are these records have not been microfilmed. IRAD usually only has microfilmed copies of the records if the Family History Library has microfilmed them. Few counties have given IRAD actual court records and if IRAD has them, IRAD will be well aware to limitations on access.