This is a follow-up to the previous question. The woman my great great uncle married in 1904 in Manhattan was a divorcee. (That a Sicilian woman obtained a divorce in the late 1800s/ early 1900s...it really blows my mind.) It said on their marriage certificate that her first marriage was 'divorced in her favor.' It doesn't say when she was divorced. So...anyone know what 'divorced in her favor' could mean? (I would think he would have to have been a serial killer, or something. I can't easily picture a divorce in that culture at that time.) Anyone know where I could find divorce records? She also divorced my great great uncle, sometime between 1910 and 1918. No idea when, where, why, etc. It would be nice if all the divorce records for the whole state between 1890 and 1920 were in one spot, with an online index. I don't suppose that's the likely scenario, but I could hope. Does anyone know anything about NYC divorce records? T.

Oh, NOW it comes through, six hours later and after I re-sent. Sheesh. :O Sorry for the duplicates. On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:32 PM, warrior rabbit wrote: > This is a follow-up to the previous question. > > The woman my great great uncle married in 1904 in Manhattan was a > divorcee. (That a Sicilian woman obtained a divorce in the late 1800s/ > early 1900s...it really blows my mind.) It said on their marriage > certificate that her first marriage was 'divorced in her favor.' It > doesn't say when she was divorced. > > So...anyone know what 'divorced in her favor' could mean? (I would > think he would have to have been a serial killer, or something. I > can't easily picture a divorce in that culture at that time.) > > Anyone know where I could find divorce records? > > She also divorced my great great uncle, sometime between 1910 and > 1918. No idea when, where, why, etc. > > It would be nice if all the divorce records for the whole state > between 1890 and 1920 were in one spot, with an online index. I don't > suppose that's the likely scenario, but I could hope. > > Does anyone know anything about NYC divorce records? > > T. > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

NY Divorce records are sealed for 100 years.  However, indices are available.  The Family History Library filmed them and they are available from 1784 through 1910.  After I found the information on the index I researched at the Old Archives in NYC to find the actual documents.  Since you live out of state you would have to have someone do that for you.  Enclosed are the Catalog numbers. Dee in Phoenix   Family History Library Catalog Catalog Record: Index to matrimonial actions, 1784-1910 Authors: New York County (New York). County Clerk (Main Author) Notes: Index, A-H 1784-1910 FHL US/CAN Film 1017465  -------- Index, I-P 1784-1910 FHL US/CAN Film 1017466  -------- Index, Q-Z 1784-1910 FHL US/CAN Film 1017467  When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Carnes PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris --- On Fri, 12/5/08, warrior rabbit <rabbit@san.rr.com> wrote: From: warrior rabbit <rabbit@san.rr.com> Subject: [BKLYN] giant lag time Re: divorce records, general Q To: NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 7:01 PM Oh, NOW it comes through, six hours later and after I re-sent. Sheesh. :O Sorry for the duplicates. On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:32 PM, warrior rabbit wrote: > This is a follow-up to the previous question. > > The woman my great great uncle married in 1904 in Manhattan was a > divorcee. (That a Sicilian woman obtained a divorce in the late 1800s/ > early 1900s...it really blows my mind.) It said on their marriage > certificate that her first marriage was 'divorced in her favor.' It > doesn't say when she was divorced. > > So...anyone know what 'divorced in her favor' could mean? (I would > think he would have to have been a serial killer, or something. I > can't easily picture a divorce in that culture at that time.) > > Anyone know where I could find divorce records? > > She also divorced my great great uncle, sometime between 1910 and > 1918. No idea when, where, why, etc. > > It would be nice if all the divorce records for the whole state > between 1890 and 1920 were in one spot, with an online index. I don't > suppose that's the likely scenario, but I could hope. > > Does anyone know anything about NYC divorce records? > > T. > ___________________________________ > > The Bklyn Info Pages Website: > www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ > > List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com > > Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com > ___________________________________ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________ The Bklyn Info Pages Website: www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ List Administrator: NancyL916@aol.com Post to List: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com ___________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message