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Divorce proceedings have been filed with a court of common pleas, a circuit court, or the state legislature. Most divorce records can be obtained by contacting the appropriate circuit court clerk in the county where the plaintiff resided. The Family History Library has some of these court records, which include divorce information. The Bureau of Vital Records has divorce records from 1948 to the present. | Divorce proceedings have been filed with a court of common pleas, a circuit court, or the state legislature. Most divorce records can be obtained by contacting the appropriate circuit court clerk in the county where the plaintiff resided. The Family History Library has some of these court records, which include divorce information. The Bureau of Vital Records has divorce records from 1948 to the present. | ||
A published list of early divorce records is Lois Stanley, ''Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853''. Missouri: 198-. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=132574&disp=Divorces+and+separations+in+Missouri%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.8 P2sd].) This volume includes notices from newspapers. | A published list of early divorce records is Lois Stanley, ''Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853''. <ref> Missouri: 198-. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=132574&disp=Divorces+and+separations+in+Missouri%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.8 P2sd].) </ref> This volume includes notices from newspapers. | ||
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