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 [email protected]

Lucky you! I have one that I would love to find. My grandmother (b. 1908) married in 1927 and then married my grandfather in July 1928. No signs of her 1st husband dying, so until 2027, I can't get this record...if it was in fact a divorce and not an annulment for some reason. I would love to know what happened... Liz Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of mizscarlettny via <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 2:30 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NYNEWYOR] DIVORCE & NYC Marriage Licenses 1908-1951 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 [email protected] ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message