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Edwin

Edwin Report 7 Mar 2025 21:07

how do i find divorce records

Amokavid

Amokavid Report 8 Mar 2025 10:42

Information taken from The National Archives..

4. Divorce case files, 1858-1972

Each divorce suit created a case file. The National Archives holds case files for all divorces from the Supreme Court 1858-1937 – very few case files survive after 1937.

4.1 What proportion of case files survive?

The survival rate of divorce case files is:

1858-1927: almost 100%
1928-1937: 80%
After 1937: less than 0.2%

No case files survive from the district registries set up in 1927.

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Joan.

Researching:
Research covered........Harrison, Holiday, Sharp, Garthwaite, Buttle, Lund, Smurthwaite.... ..York, Malton, Thirsk, Darlington, H on Sp Moor, H le Spring, Whitby........

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 8 Mar 2025 12:24

Edwin -
you haven't said where the divorce you're interested in took place.

The information Joan has given you relates to England and Wales.

Info re Scottish divorce records , on the National Records of Scotland website:
https://tinyurl.com/2rn7kzu8

Certificates of Scottish divorces (not court records) from 1984 to 2025 can be ordered through Scotland's People website.

Other countries of course have their own systems.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.