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newbie: looking for divorce papers help

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Neil

Neil Report 14 Sep 2008 19:15

Belle, thanks for the quick reply...I will indeed try this out.

cheers

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 14 Sep 2008 19:06

For divorces between 1858 and 1927 nearly all the paperwork has survived and its stored at the national archives. You can search online at the National archives website in the J77 range, its indexed by name. If you do find what you are looking for at the NA then you can order and pay online and copies of the paperwork will sent in the post to you.

To search the national archives go to

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

click on tab called search the archives, click on catalogue. Click on search the catalogue, in the dept series code box type J77 and put the surname you are looking for in the word or phrase box. Use the date range to narrow down your results.

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Neil

Neil Report 14 Sep 2008 19:05

Im looking into an hopeful divorce of my great grandfathers sometime between 1913-15 and was hoping someone could put me on the right track to finding the documentation of said event.

the only info we have to date is the couples names and approximate year of the divorce..

can anyone help and point me in the right direction

Thanks in advance

Neil