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'''Before the Revolutionary War''', no divorces were granted in Maryland. Between the '''close of the Revolution and 1842''', the state legislature granted divorces. Myer abstracted these records: | '''Before the Revolutionary War''', no divorces were granted in Maryland. Between the '''close of the Revolution and 1842''', the state legislature granted divorces. Myer abstracted these records: | ||
*Myer, Mary Keysor. ''Divorces and Names Changed in Maryland by Act of the Legislature 1634-1854.'' [http://www.worldcat.org/title/divorces-and-names-changed-in-maryland-by-act-of-the-legislature-1634-1854/oclc/58864611?referer=br&ht=edition Worldcat ]; {{FHL|246249|item| | *Myer, Mary Keysor. ''Divorces and Names Changed in Maryland by Act of the Legislature 1634-1854.'' [http://www.worldcat.org/title/divorces-and-names-changed-in-maryland-by-act-of-the-legislature-1634-1854/oclc/58864611?referer=br&ht=edition Worldcat ]; {{FHL|246249|item|FS Library Book 975.2 V28}}. | ||
For divorces '''after 1854''', and if the county and date of the divorce are known, contact the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the divorce was granted. Baltimore records are kept by the [http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/circuit/courts_faq/marriage_faq.html#divorce Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore Cit.... Many records from Baltimore City and many metropolitan counties have been transferred to the [[Maryland State Archives|Maryland State Archives]]. | For divorces '''after 1854''', and if the county and date of the divorce are known, contact the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the divorce was granted. Baltimore records are kept by the [http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/circuit/courts_faq/marriage_faq.html#divorce Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore Cit.... Many records from Baltimore City and many metropolitan counties have been transferred to the [[Maryland State Archives|Maryland State Archives]]. | ||
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