Citation · C0047 · index
Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942
Weight of this evidence
- Tier
- index
- Confidence
- ●●○○ normal
- Review
- needs a look needs-human
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Transcription and reasoning
Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): irrelevant, confidence 0/4, tier index.
The attached page (Cook County Marriage Index 1914–1942, page 1590) is readable. It includes the surname CHILL but no bride or groom named Meta (or Meta Ida Amalia). It therefore gives no support for the claimed name; the citation may point to the wrong page or the person may be indexed elsewhere.
Matches: Page lists several CHILL surname entries (Bertha, Edna A, Edward, Elsie, Helen, Isabelle A, Julius, Louise, Mae), so the surname Chill is present on the page
Flags: No entry for Meta, Meta Ida, or Amalia Chill appears on this page; The closest first names (Mae, Elsie, Edna) are different given names, and the page gives no birth year or other detail that could tie any entry to Meta Ida Amalia Chill (1892–1984)
Limits: The index shows only surname, first name, middle initial, spouse, serial number and date, so it could not establish a full name even if she were listed; The page is alphabetical only as far as CHILL; she may have married under another page or spelling (e.g. Meta listed elsewhere), or not in Cook County in 1914–1942; The index is an image of a printed list, not an original marriage record
What it supports
- Person — Meta Ida Amalia Chill