Dear Listers, I am hoping that SKS may be able to help me please?.. I am trying to find out which year someone divorced!!...Is it possible do you know, to be able to look up a Divorce for a couple?... i know when the couple married and also when the WIFE married her 2nd husband but, need to know when she was divorced from her 1st hubby?.. There is always one awkward person on the list!!..Yes, me of course..Sorry listers but if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be just great!!.. look forward to hearing from you. thanks, san.

Can anyone please help with this missing branch of my Bladon family? Amelia Hannah Bladon married Harry Stokes in 1885 at Walsall. They had Alice Mary in 1888 at Walsall after Harry died. In 1891 Amelia and Alice are at Potters Hill in Aston with Joseph Stokes brother in law (twice as he is the widower of her sister Elizabeth and Harry's brother!) after that no trace of Amelia or Alice. I have searched the deaths to 1952 100 years after Amelia was born. There is a marriage in 1899 but that has no been ruled out. As Amelia's brother settled in Australia and Joseph and Elizabeth lived there (he come back after she died) I wondered if Amelia went back to Australia? Can anyone help at all? Helena Visit the Bladon Web site at www.bladon.me.uk

Hi Sandra What time frame are you researching? It can make all the difference as to the possibility of them actually divorcing or just going their separate ways These research guides may help Pre 1858 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=260 Post 1858 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=53 It will also help if the couple you are researching were well off, as theres every chance if they were that it would be in a local or even National paper of the time Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) Admin for OVINGTON - HAYLOCK - SEYMOUR Lists > Dear Listers, > I am hoping that SKS may be able to help me please?.. > I am trying to find out which year someone divorced!!...Is it possible do > you know, to be able to look up a Divorce for a couple?... > i know when the couple married and also when the WIFE married her 2nd > husband but, need to know when she was divorced from her 1st hubby?.. > There is always one awkward person on the list!!..Yes, me of course..Sorry > listers but if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be > just great!!.. > look forward to hearing from you. > thanks, > san.

Hello San I was also looking for divorce records earlier this year. If you look at the two messages that I have copied below you will see the address to which you can apply for divorce records. There is a website (don't have address but google will find it) where you can download a form. The cost has risen to £25 now but they will advise. Unfortunately in my case the actual papers have been lost and all that they could tell me was that the divorce took place in 1907 (and no refund!). The lady who wrote the message with the information is Judy and she may write to you if she reads your request. Good luck Janet Last year I was trying to find out about a divorce in my family which took place between 1930 and 1937. I wrote t the Principal Registry of The Family Division, Decree Absolute Searches, Family Proceedings Dept., Room 2.03, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NP. They were very helpful and found the divorce for me. I then sent for a copy of the proceedings which cost me £20. It told me the grounds for divorce, also told me where the couple had been married and the date. >I know now that my great grandparents divorced between 1901-1908 as in >1908 my great grandfather, then aged 51, married a new wife who was >only 25 years old. Can anyone point me in the right direction to >finding divorce records? >

Hi Janet, I am so grateful to you for the info you have sent me...Thank you so very much!! Am i right in thinking that this address you have given me would cover a divorce that took place in Birmingham?...Sorry to sound so "thick" but this part is all new to me!! can you tell?..ha/ha.... thanks again Janet. Cheers, san ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Ellis" <janet@ellisat16.freeserve.co.uk> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... Hello San I was also looking for divorce records earlier this year. If you look at the two messages that I have copied below you will see the address to which you can apply for divorce records. There is a website (don't have address but google will find it) where you can download a form. The cost has risen to £25 now but they will advise. Unfortunately in my case the actual papers have been lost and all that they could tell me was that the divorce took place in 1907 (and no refund!). The lady who wrote the message with the information is Judy and she may write to you if she reads your request. Good luck Janet Last year I was trying to find out about a divorce in my family which took place between 1930 and 1937. I wrote t the Principal Registry of The Family Division, Decree Absolute Searches, Family Proceedings Dept., Room 2.03, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NP. They were very helpful and found the divorce for me. I then sent for a copy of the proceedings which cost me £20. It told me the grounds for divorce, also told me where the couple had been married and the date. >I know now that my great grandparents divorced between 1901-1908 as in >1908 my great grandfather, then aged 51, married a new wife who was >only 25 years old. Can anyone point me in the right direction to >finding divorce records? > _____________________________________________ Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.18/586 - Release Date: 13/12/2006

Hello Sandra I don't know if this will help but I found the answer to my brick wall when I applied for the marriage certificate of the second marriage which told me the name of the divorced partner's first spouse. I then applied to the Principal Registry of the Family Division at First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NP, giving them all the information I knew and they came back with the information about the divorce. Hope this helps. Judy >From: "Sandra Whitmore" <sandrawhitmore@blueyonder.co.uk> >Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:31:30 -0000 > >Dear Listers, >I am hoping that SKS may be able to help me please?.. >I am trying to find out which year someone divorced!!...Is it possible do >you know, to be able to look up a Divorce for a couple?... >i know when the couple married and also when the WIFE married her 2nd >husband but, need to know when she was divorced from her 1st hubby?.. >There is always one awkward person on the list!!..Yes, me of course..Sorry >listers but if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be >just great!!.. >look forward to hearing from you. >thanks, >san. >_____________________________________________ >Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >http://www.bham.de/ > >Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Think you're a film buff? Play the Movie Mogul quiz and win fantastic prizes! http://www.msnmoviemogul.com

Hello Judy, Many thanks for the advice you have sent me!! it is so kind of you.....I do have a name for the first spouce who although was married to my Cousins mother, also had a son by his wifes sister, or so the story goes!! The innocent child was then adopted and his Mother was sent abroad to live with her other sister and died before the adopted son could find her!! Anyway, we have found a 2nd marriage for the sister who was divorced in 1947..Her sisters baby was born 1947!!...So, we know the divorce took place in 1945/6?. Hopefully!!!!! I will certainley send for the marriage cert for the 2nd husband and see what it says and also write to the address you have given me to see what they can come up with?... So sorry it is sooooooooo complicated Judy!! I bet you wished you had not bothered to answer now?..ha/ha... I will let you know how we get on if that is ok?.... Thanks you again Judy. Have a great Christmas... cheers, San..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Last" <paljude@hotmail.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... > Hello Sandra > > I don't know if this will help but I found the answer to my brick wall when > I applied for the marriage certificate of the second marriage which told me > the name of the divorced partner's first spouse. I then applied to the > Principal Registry of the Family Division at First Avenue House, 42-49 High > Holborn, London WC1V 6NP, giving them all the information I knew and they > came back with the information about the divorce. > > Hope this helps. > > Judy > > > >From: "Sandra Whitmore" <sandrawhitmore@blueyonder.co.uk> > >Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com > >To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > >Subject: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... > >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:31:30 -0000 > > > >Dear Listers, > >I am hoping that SKS may be able to help me please?.. > >I am trying to find out which year someone divorced!!...Is it possible do > >you know, to be able to look up a Divorce for a couple?... > >i know when the couple married and also when the WIFE married her 2nd > >husband but, need to know when she was divorced from her 1st hubby?.. > >There is always one awkward person on the list!!..Yes, me of course..Sorry > >listers but if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be > >just great!!.. > >look forward to hearing from you. > >thanks, > >san. > >_____________________________________________ > >Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > >http://www.bham.de/ > > > >Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Think you're a film buff? Play the Movie Mogul quiz and win fantastic > prizes! http://www.msnmoviemogul.com > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.18/586 - Release Date: 13/12/2006 > >

Hi San That is certainly a complicated story. I wish you luck in obtaining the divorce information. In my case the decree nisi finalising the 1st marriage was issued in September and the 2nd marriage took place in November of the same year. I found them very helpful at the Principal Registry of the Family Division, and found out not only the date of the divorce but also the grounds for divorce, and also the date and place of the first marriage. The Decree Nisi Absolute cost about £20-25 (can't remember exactly). The telephone number I have for Decree Absolute searches was 020 7947 7016/7017 if this is of help. Let me know how you get on. Happy Christmas! Judy >From: "Sandra Whitmore" <sandrawhitmore@blueyonder.co.uk> >Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com >To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:42:05 -0000 > >Hello Judy, Many thanks for the advice you have sent me!! it is so kind of >you.....I do have a name for the first spouce who although was married to >my >Cousins mother, also had a son by his wifes sister, or so the story goes!! >The innocent child was then adopted and his Mother was sent abroad to live >with her other sister and died before the adopted son could find her!! >Anyway, we have found a 2nd marriage for the sister who was divorced in >1947..Her sisters baby was born 1947!!...So, we know the divorce took place >in 1945/6?. Hopefully!!!!! >I will certainley send for the marriage cert for the 2nd husband and see >what it says and also write to the address you have given me to see what >they can come up with?... >So sorry it is sooooooooo complicated Judy!! I bet you wished you had not >bothered to answer now?..ha/ha... I will let you know how we get on if that >is ok?.... >Thanks you again Judy. Have a great Christmas... >cheers, >San..... >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Judy Last" <paljude@hotmail.com> >To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:30 PM >Subject: Re: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... > > > > Hello Sandra > > > > I don't know if this will help but I found the answer to my brick wall >when > > I applied for the marriage certificate of the second marriage which told >me > > the name of the divorced partner's first spouse. I then applied to the > > Principal Registry of the Family Division at First Avenue House, 42-49 >High > > Holborn, London WC1V 6NP, giving them all the information I knew and >they > > came back with the information about the divorce. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Judy > > > > > > >From: "Sandra Whitmore" <sandrawhitmore@blueyonder.co.uk> > > >Reply-To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com > > >To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > > >Subject: [B'ham] re; advice re; divorce?.... > > >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:31:30 -0000 > > > > > >Dear Listers, > > >I am hoping that SKS may be able to help me please?.. > > >I am trying to find out which year someone divorced!!...Is it possible >do > > >you know, to be able to look up a Divorce for a couple?... > > >i know when the couple married and also when the WIFE married her 2nd > > >husband but, need to know when she was divorced from her 1st hubby?.. > > >There is always one awkward person on the list!!..Yes, me of >course..Sorry > > >listers but if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be > > >just great!!.. > > >look forward to hearing from you. > > >thanks, > > >san. > > >_____________________________________________ > > >Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > > >http://www.bham.de/ > > > > > >Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > > >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > > >------------------------------- > > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Think you're a film buff? 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