Sealed divorces would be the most helpful to family searchers. But, have you considered many of NYC's poor didn't divorce, they just moved on. At New York COUNTY* Clerk's Office it is possible to research the index for all marital actions that includes divorce, separation, annulment, etc. for Manhattanites. The index reveals names of both parties and dates of actions. These indexes are filed on the county level. -----Original Message----- From: Bobbi DeOliveira <[email protected]> Perhaps they are protecting your warm fuzzy feelings for your father. Perhaps he got drunk and tried to kill your mother. Or maybe he had anaffair with your mother's sister. If not you, then perhaps the children ofthe next divorce, or the one after that. It is easier just to make a rulingcovering all divorces.>> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:35:26 -0400>> To:[email protected]; [email protected]>> CC:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] NYC DivorceRecords/Italian Citizenship>> From: [email protected]>>>>>> They should re-evaluate their theory's. ...............They >> are protecting nothing My parents got divorced so getting >> some document with some lawyer dribble on it serves no >> purpose anyway. People get divorced for a myriad of >> reasons.>> So how is my privacy protected since I know they divorced..