----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Myers" <dmyers@exemail.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:44 AM Subject: [ANS] Divorce > > Hi > Could someone tell me if I am correct with the following > information. I have > an ancestor who was divorced and re-married. > Unfortunately neither of the > marriage certificates have a reference to the divorce, > other than to state > that the bride was a divorcee. It would have to have > been sometime between > 1928 and Feb 1944. Would I be correct in saying that I > would need to get > someone to check the divorce Index for me at State > Records and if the > divorce was after 1930, once I have a reference I would > need to contact the > Family Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of NSW for a copy > of the papers? Hi Dianne Yes to all State records have a indexes to divorces to 1974 in a large series of fiche They have the surviving files up to 1930 & you can get copy for just cost of photocopying the docs Has > anyone done this and how much are the papers please? For 1931 -1974 you need to apply via the NSW Supreme Court . Cost is approx $55 plus photocopying which was $2.20 per A4 page a couple of years ago Aside from divorce files State Records have a deal of other info on divorces .... They have random transcripts of complete court cases, judges note books etc . For any divorce before about 1939 , providing you have some dates it can be worth while checking out The Truth newspapers, on film at the NSW State Library If you type 'divorce' into State Records ' site search' on its main page a lot of refs will come up HTH Bye MargM Sydney List Admin