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Thanks for all the help guys,

You need to register but it is free, go to Ancestry, look for the BMD records and there should be two set, the partial ones nad the complete ones. You need the complete ones and you have to search year by year. You can't do a blanket search like you can on the partial ones. Sam x

Hi Lindsey, As Sam has said, divorce records are not on line. The divorce records are a set of registers of decrees nisi and absolute, with their indexes. These are kept by the Principal Registry of the Family Division (PRFD), and are not accessible by the public. Instead, officials will carry out a paid search of the index, and certified copies of the decrees can be bought. You can contact them at: Principal Registry of the Family Division First Avenue House 42-49 High Holborn London WC2V 6NP Tel: 020 7947 6971 or (international) +44 7947 6971 Jay

Hi Sam, I am fairly new to this, I have just tried to find it on ancestry just so I can try it and its not bringing it up for me! I am not getting to grips with this!!

I'm pretty certain that divorce records are not available online.

Thank you very much for checking that for me. Any advise on divorce records

That's why you can't find him. The partial index doesn't cover 1919. It is free to search on Ancestry though. Skillen Joseph J N - MMN Skillen - Toxteth P - 8b 260 Registered Q2 of 1919. Sam x

The complete bmd index is free to view on ancestry.

I am looking on partial list, I dont have access to the full one, Her name was Edith Skillen and his name was Joseph John..

He would be listed on the BMD index whether he was illegitimate or not. Are you checking the complete index and not just the partial freeBMD one? Have you checked under mother's maiden name and her married name? Sam x

I am looking for a child born illegitimately in 1919, could anybody advise if any records are available, nothing on the BMD, also I am wondering are there divorce records available? Both of the above would need to include Liverpool, many thanks