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=== Divorce Records === | === Divorce Records === | ||
Divorces are found in legislative papers prior to 1834. The state constitution of 1834 then gave authorized courts the power to grant divorces. They are normally found in individual county circuit courts. Divorce records for the past fifty years are available at the Tennessee Office of Vital Records. Some 750 statewide early divorce records extracted from legislative papers can be found in Gale W. Bamman and Debbie W. Spero, ''Tennessee Divorces, 1797-1858 ''(Nashville: G. Bamman, 1985). The Family History Library has a copy of this book (976.8 P2b). | |||
Divorces are found in legislative papers prior to 1834. The state constitution of 1834 then gave authorized courts the power to grant divorces. They are normally found in individual county circuit courts. Divorce records for the past fifty years are available at the Tennessee Office of Vital Records. Some 750 statewide early divorce records extracted from legislative papers can be found in Gale W. Bamman and Debbie W. Spero, ''Tennessee Divorces, 1797-1858 ''(Nashville: G. Bamman, 1985). | |||
=== Guide to Vital Records === | === Guide to Vital Records === | ||