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DIVORCE SEARCH

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tsandison

tsandison Report 24 Aug 2012 17:11

Hi all

Please could someone search Divorce records? the followiing info is required,

Ella June Horscroft (nee SAUNDERS) and Alfred John HORSCROFT married in EASTHAM LONDON 1950 , ELLA remarried in 1954 to RON JACKSON in ILFORD. Not sure where to look.

thank you terri :-(

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 24 Aug 2012 17:20

Not sure if this is possible online - check this out on national Archives site:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/divorce.htm

Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

jax

jax Report 24 Aug 2012 17:21

Each divorce suit, successful or not, created a 'case file', containing the original petition and response, relevant marriage and birth certificates, court process, copies of decrees (from about 1870 onwards) and, infrequently, evidence. Most files were stripped of the less formal papers many years ago, but some full files were kept as examples of how the court operated. These are all described as 'full files' in Discovery, our catalogue. Very few case files survive after 1937. No case files survive from the district registries set up in 1927.

Case files are now destroyed 20 years after the divorce. Within this 20 year period, you can apply to the relevant court for permission to see the file. Surviving case files from 1858 onwards are in J 77. Our research signpost on divorce contains a search box that allows you to do an online name search in J 77.

Researching:
Nothing much

tsandison

tsandison Report 24 Aug 2012 18:21

hi Brummiejan & jax

Thank you for your very useful information and i will have a search now to see if there is any luck....fingers crossed.

terri