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 == Divorce  ==
-Divorces in Manitoba were granted by Act of Parliament from 1876-1919. Notification of divorces granted are listed in the back of Statutes of Canada for the Parliamentary Session in which it was passed. They are listed as “An Act for the Relief of (and then the name of the petitioner)”. Those who wished to obtain a divorce had to publish their intention in their local newspaper and in the Canada Gazette. Copies of the Statutes of Canada are found at the Archives of Manitoba and the Legislative Library. The Legislative Library has microfilm copies of the Canada Gazette. Beginning in 1919 divorces came under King’s/Queen’s Bench. The current records are located in the judicial district where the divorce was granted.
+Divorces in Manitoba were granted by Act of Parliament from 1876-1919. Beginning in 1919 divorces came under King’s/Queen’s Bench. The current records are located in the judicial district where the divorce was granted.
-===== Guide  =====
-*Gilchrist, J. Brian and Nancy J. Duffy, compilers. ''Index to Canadian Parliamentary Divorces 1867-1930''. Toronto: Audrey Gilchrist, 2001.
 ===== Court of Queen’s Bench, Divorce Files 1917-1977  =====