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 == Divorce Records  ==
-'''Early - 1950'''&nbsp; RESOLVE&nbsp; - **Put information on each record in chart with check marks for information at different time periods**
+'''Early - 1950'''&nbsp;
-In the early 1800s, the legislature, the circuit courts, and city courts granted divorces. Divorce records may indicate the date and place of the marriage being dissolved. Alabama divorces were settled or tried in county Chancery Courts until 1915. The state legislature was also empowered to authorize divorce decreesor finalized them?. These early divorce records were published in the Senate and House Journals. In 1915 the chancery courts were merged with the circuit court in each county.
+In the early 1800's, the legislature, circuit courts, and city courts granted divorces. Alabama divorces were also settled or tried in county chancery courts until 1915 when the chancery courts were merged with the county circuit court. The state legislature was finalized divorces for a period. These early divorce records were published in the Senate and House Journals.
 '''1950 - Present'''&nbsp;