Ask and sometimes you shall receive {it all depends, it all depends...} Utah State Historical Society website is at: http://www.ce.ex.state.ut.us/history/member.htm You're welcome! Wayne Eldon & Terri Jensen wrote: > > At 09:58 PM 5/10/98 EDT, JRaffety wrote: > >I'm a new subscriber and delighted with this list! I have, in my great > >grandmother's hand, a paper that says, " Divorce August 1892." We have never > >been sure if it was a true divorce or not. My great grandparents lived in > >Salt Lake City. I understand that the Salt Lake County Clerk has divorce > >records from statehood on, but where would I find territorial divorce > records? > >Any ideas? > > > >Thanks, Julie > > > > > Julie and all: > > Somebody correct me if I am wrong (happens ever once in a while :).... > > The Utah State Historical Society used to have a page on-line. I know they > have Territorial records. Also, on the Ancestry.com site, there is a place > you can order cds and such. Check to see if they happen to have a copy of > the cd that has the Utah Territorial REcords. This would include > marriages, court records, divorces, probably some of those 'committed' > records ;) > > If my memory serves me right, the time of the divorce is a little later > than when the Church declared polygamy illegal. Of course, depending on > the marriage date of your ancestors, they might have been married when > polygamy was practiced. They could have remained 'married' until such a > time when it came to passing on property, inheriting estates, etc., then > things could have become difficult. I know that my ggrandfather was a > polygamist. His second wife left him and finished her life in California. > He lived with his third wife (my ggrandmother) in Stone, Idaho and they had > a very prosperous life. This was just far enough away from Utah (just a > spit) to have the Marshals ignore them. The Marshals wanted those BIGTIME > polygamists who lived in Utah, not just a Rancher with one 'current' wife ;) > > Anyway, enough of my 'stories'. I would see if you could find the cd that > has the records for Territorial Utah. There might even be one of 'us' here > who has these on hand and could look for you. > > Does anyone have a current url for the Utah State Historical Society? > > Terri -- mailto:waynejay@dnai.com Genealogy: http://www.dnai.com/~waynejay/gen/fam.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/s/Wayne-Busby/index.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/s/Wayne-Busby-CA/