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==== Divorces ==== | ==== Divorces ==== | ||
Divorce records contain information on family members, their marital history (including marriage date and place), property, residences, and sometimes dates of events such as children’s births. | Divorce records contain information on family members, their marital history (including marriage date and place), property, residences, and sometimes dates of events such as children’s births. To search an index to Divorce Records, see "Key Web Sites" below. | ||
Divorce required an act of Parliament until 1857 and was uncommon before the mid-20th century. Records of parliamentary divorce acts are at: | Divorce required an act of Parliament until 1857 and was uncommon before the mid-20th century. Records of parliamentary divorce acts are at: | ||
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'''Principal Registry of the Family Division<br>'''Decree Absolute Section<br>First Avenue House<br>42-49 High Holborn<br>London WC1V 6NP<br>England | '''Principal Registry of the Family Division<br>'''Decree Absolute Section<br>First Avenue House<br>42-49 High Holborn<br>London WC1V 6NP<br>England | ||
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7947 7017<br>Internet: [http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/courts/hearing-lists/list-pr-family-division.htm Family Division]<br> | Telephone: +44 (0)20 7947 7017<br>Internet: [http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/courts/hearing-lists/list-pr-family-division.htm Family Division]<br> | ||
To learn more about divorce records, visit the following Web sites. | To learn more about divorce records, visit the following Web sites. | ||
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The Family History Library has: | The Family History Library has: | ||
*{{FHL|1110522|title-id|disp=''Indexes to divorce and matrimonial causes files from the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial causes and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, Principal Probate Registry, 1858-1958''}}.<br> | *{{FHL|1110522|title-id|disp=''Indexes to divorce and matrimonial causes files from the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial causes and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, Principal Probate Registry, 1858-1958''}}.<br> | ||
*{{FHL|695681|title-id|disp=Index to divorces (as listed in Palmer's Indexes to "The Times" newspaper, London) 1788-1910}}. | *{{FHL|695681|title-id|disp=Index to divorces (as listed in Palmer's Indexes to "The Times" newspaper, London) 1788-1910}}. | ||
'''Web Sites for Online Searching''' | |||
*[[[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/divorce.htm http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/divorce.htm] The National Archives]] - offers a free online index search for Divorce Records (J77 series) from 1858-1937 | |||
*''[http://www.timesplus.co.uk/ The Times] ''- to view historical articles from 1785-1985 for a search of the more newsworthy divorce cases | |||
*[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/changes/chron-tables/private/8 Parliamentary Acts: Chronological Tables of the Private and Personal Acts] - this lists numerous tables of divorce decrees in court cases prior to 1858. | |||
*FamilySearch.org has {{FHL|1110522|title-id|disp=indexes to the Divorce Decrees and Matrimonial causes, 1858-1958}} - on microfilm; order these at a [https://www.familysearch.org/locations FamilySearch Center ]near you. | |||
==== Deaths ==== | ==== Deaths ==== | ||