While searching for a 1926 NYC Marriage License at the NYC Municipal Archives last week, the luck of the Irish was with me. The three-page license was accompanied by the groom's news-making divorce papers, from his first marriage! No hint of this was visible in the license microfiche. Since the Archives M.O. is that staff prints all documents, then hands them to researchers on the way out the door, I discovered these divorce papers while riding the train home. BTW it appears that marriage #2 was a Catholic marriage. Another instance of new documents creating new questions. New York State seals divorce records for 100 years, to the day. Sure, you can check dates of marital actions in the county clerk's office, but it's nothing like the spicy details. Genealogy...ya gotta love it! Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com