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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 11 Send Message	Anne	Report	15 Aug 2012 20:35
	Can anyone tell me how I go about looking for Divorce records?
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	15 Aug 2012 20:38
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Hello Anne, it would depend when and where you think it may have happened.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Janice	Report	15 Aug 2012 20:40
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 4,475 Send Message	Some divorce court files are at the National Archive. Try searching their catalogue.
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 11 Send Message	Anne	Report	16 Aug 2012 14:45
	Hi Janice, Many thanks It was between 1937 and 1950, I will try and look at the National Archives. Thanks for your help Anne
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Aug 2012 18:26
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 8 Send Message	Hi Janice Many divorce records do not survive, however I found someone listed on the National Archives website who was divorced in 1934, so good luck. As a point of interest, if you order a paper copy of the divorce papers they give an estimated cost of £15. The amount actually charged in my case was just under £10 and it arrived within four days Jacqui