----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <robtricia@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [ANS] [AUS-QLD] NSW Divorce index > I've found the answer by going to State records Home Page > and searching > there; finding the records are only from 1873 to 1923. > > Far to early for me. Hi Robert, I had a bit of a problem earlier this year with getting info also on a 1955 divorce And posted ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" < genknut@exemail.com.au> To: < aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] NSW 1955 divorce file ? Thought I would post the result of my inquiry The NSW Family Law Clerk phone number for divorces before 1975 but after 1930 is 1300679272 For the form to fill in http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/supreme_court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_courtfees#1 Cost is approx $67 Bye MargM Sydney List Admin Up to approx 1960 any ref to any NSW divorce is recorded on the NSW marriage cert . NSW State Records have a large Divorce name and ref # index on a lot of fiche out at Kingswood . This goes to 1974 . 1974 is when the divorce laws changed and the Family Court came into being mostly via the aupices of the late Lionel MURPHY. Some time back I tried to get a copy of this large fiche index for my local FHS but hit a huge brick wall . Why that was so I dont know. As to the 1955 divorce I was hoping to get. The NSW Supreme Court took a good month to tell me they couldn't find the file :-) I was out at Kingswood a couple of days ago and in the leave no stone unturned dept checked if there was a court transcript .........wasn't my day . Are a lot of court transcripts and not just on divorces.... just have to be lucky Bye MargM Sydney List Admin