Good evening Marg; Yes; I would have thought that a Divorce in Sydney would have appeared in the SMH, but if so; in this case; it doesn't seem to be the case? I've a message back from "Ask a Librarian" this evening and they cannot find such a Divorce which I do know took place, as I've the paperwork concerning from the Supreme Court and also have the Newspaper Clipping surrounding the details leading up to the Divorce, but unfortunately; I was only young at the time and didn't record from which Newspaper it was taken or the date it appeared; both I am seeking to ascertain without success. I am also very surprised that on finding a Divorce Index exists and have since searched; finding there is record of the divorce, which I do know; took place> Kindest Regards; Robert KEMSLEY >>> Best ask the NSW SL ! I did post ref to the Fairfax Archives now being >>> free >>> late last Oct . AKA John Fairfax being owners of the SMH, The Age, and >>> a lot of other newspapers >>> http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/help/qa.ac?sy=nstore#top This >>> data >>> base is harder to use but it is FREE . >> >> I've had a quick look at. >> >> Can you use to find a 1955 Divorce? > >> I've a 1955 Divorce and cannot find which Newspaper details of were >> published in and the date printed? > Don't know as haven't looked . Should think if a divorce was in Sydney > then > would be in the SMH or The Age if in Melbourne etc. Usually the marriage > cert has some ref if it ended in divorce. > > Or NSW State Records out at Kingswood have a divorce index on a large set > of fiche to 1974. A few years ago I tried to buy this index for my local > FHS ......... Its about the same size as the NSW Probate indexes as in > number of fiche. This is freely on sale but I got the complete run around > when it came to this divorce index and didn't get anywhere

Dear Robert, It must be remembered that these papers have been copied a couple of times now, and some of the Optical Character Recognition is not the best. In effect that means that if searching for SMITH and the "I" is deformed, or blotted as so many old papers are, then a name search will not turn that name up. To give an example when I was arranging the indexing of the 1880's SMH for the Ryerson Index a friend found a Death Notice in one of the Supplementary lists that went to the UK, but that notice did not come up where it should have been originally published. On finding the name in the Supplementary List he returned to the day mentioned and found the entry there. One letter being deformed, stopped him finding it originally, so I suspect that this is the case with your notice. On that basis, you probably need to go through the notices in the papers day by day for that period you know the date for, having the papers. Sincerely, Bill > > Yes; I would have thought that a Divorce in Sydney would have appeared > in the SMH, but if so; in this case; it doesn't seem to be the case? > > I've a message back from "Ask a Librarian" this evening and they cannot > find such a Divorce which I do know took place, as I've the paperwork > concerning from the Supreme Court and also have the Newspaper Clipping > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] [AUS-QLD] Fairfax archive - divorce ? Morning Robert > I am also very surprised that on finding a Divorce Index exists and > have > since searched; finding there is record of the divorce, which I do know; > took place> > State Records have it on line to about 1930 Have you either checked or had checked this large index which lives out at NSW State Records , Kingswood . It might also be at State Records, Sydney office at The Rocks. Have never looked it up there > >> Or NSW State Records out at Kingswood have a divorce index on a large set >> of fiche to 1974. A few years ago I tried to buy this index for my >> local >> FHS ......... Its about the same size as the NSW Probate indexes as in >> number of fiche. This is freely on sale but I got the complete run around >> when it came to this divorce index and didn't get anywhere > Another alternative would be to get a transcription of the marriage cert as that should have a date and divorce file number I dunno how you'd go applying to the NSW Supreme Court Divorce Division for a copy without a full date and file number Bye MargM List Admin

Hello Robert I found the following mentions in the SMH for 1955 - no details of the case, just the names listed for proceedings. Colin John Willis Kemsley v Marguerita Heather Kemsley - 3 March 1955 C J W Kemsley v M H Kemsley - 3 March 1955 A J Kemsley v D J Kemsley - decree nisi 11 May 1955 Regards Alan