Hello, Does anyone know if there are marriage or divorce records on line for the early to mid 1900's? Thank you, Judy **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

Hi Judy, I can offer a comment on Divorce records. My paternal grandparents were divorced in 1935. They both lived in Middlesex County, and the divorce was a long time in coming. They were both remarried a few months later. I knew about the date of the divorce but nothing else about it. Because I was fairly familiar with "Family & Probate Court" in Cambridge, :o( I decided to write a slow-mail letter to the "divorce dept.," and they responded with the information. This was several years ago. It was only information which could be written on an "index card," but it was information I could use. I doubt that MA Divorce information is on-line. And, to the best of my knowledge, the Middlesex County "Family & Probate Court" does not "do" genealogy. No telephone calls and no e-mails, and probably no slow-mail letters - for genealogy reasons. (Perhaps I just hit it lucky that day.) It would be interesting to find out if all the "Probate Courts" in MA have the same rules. Oh, I should say that you can go to the Courthouse in person and "ask questions." Betty (near Lowell, MA) (Several of us wrote a letter to the "Courthouse" a year or 2 ago and asked them to set up a "Genealogy Office." They responded saying it was a good idea but there was no way that they could do that - for financial reasons.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Needavaca02@aol.com> To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:03 AM Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Marriage records or Divorce records > Hello, > > Does anyone know if there are marriage or divorce records on line for the > early to mid 1900's? > > Thank you, > Judy > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > or > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > >

Depending on the town or county in which you are interested you might hit it lucky and find they have a genealogy volunteer "on staff". I have also had luck contacting town librarians and emailing town clerks directly - maybe the towns have been small enough to give them time. gotta say, Judy, i love your email addy! faye ---- Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Judy, > > I can offer a comment on Divorce records. My paternal grandparents were > divorced in 1935. They both lived in Middlesex County, and the divorce was > a long time in coming. They were both remarried a few months later. I > knew about the date of the divorce but nothing else about it. Because I > was fairly familiar with "Family & Probate Court" in Cambridge, :o( I > decided to write a slow-mail letter to the "divorce dept.," and they > responded with the information. This was several years ago. It was > only information which could be written on an "index card," but it was > information I could use. > > I doubt that MA Divorce information is on-line. And, to the best of my > knowledge, the Middlesex County "Family & Probate Court" does not "do" > genealogy. No telephone calls and no e-mails, and probably no slow-mail > letters - for genealogy reasons. (Perhaps I just hit it lucky that day.) > > It would be interesting to find out if all the "Probate Courts" in MA have > the same rules. > > Oh, I should say that you can go to the Courthouse in person and "ask > questions." > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > (Several of us wrote a letter to the "Courthouse" a year or 2 ago and asked > them to set up a "Genealogy Office." They responded saying it was a good > idea but there was no way that they could do that - for financial reasons.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Needavaca02@aol.com> > To: <GenMassachusetts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:03 AM > Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Marriage records or Divorce records > > > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone know if there are marriage or divorce records on line for the > > early to mid 1900's? > > > > Thank you, > > Judy > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 > > or > > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message