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nicola

nicola Report 26 May 2015 12:59

Please could anyone tell me how I would find out if someone was divorced? Many thanks

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 26 May 2015 13:06

When and where?

What makes you think he or she might have been?

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 26 May 2015 13:07

Read the info on the following site.................

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



The survival rate of divorce case files is:
1858-1927: almost 100%
1928-1937: 80%
After 1937 : less than 0.2%

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nicola

nicola Report 26 May 2015 13:22

Im trying to find out if my brth mother is divorced it could anytime between 1985 and 2000 she lived in Lytham in Lancashire but moved to manchester in the mid 1990s.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 26 May 2015 14:05

You could look for a re-marriage.............

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