In PA, there is no such thing as a complete marriage file which includes the marriage license application, the duplicate license, and a divorce file. We have Marriage License Bureaus, usually included in the Register of Wills Office (at least in Western PA counties), and the Divorces are in the Prothonotary's Office or a similar office which handles civil court proceedings. You would have to contact both offices to see if there was a marriage and/or a divorce in each particular county. Pat www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2

I have checked a the Butler Co. Courthouse , and there is no marriage licenses or divorce for 1st wife. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <sweeze@zoominternet.net> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:14 PM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] Marriage files > In PA, there is no such thing as a complete marriage file which includes > the marriage license application, the duplicate license, and a divorce > file. We have Marriage License Bureaus, usually included in the Register > of Wills Office (at least in Western PA counties), and the Divorces are in > the Prothonotary's Office or a similar office which handles civil court > proceedings. You would have to contact both offices to see if there was a > marriage and/or a divorce in each particular county. > > Pat > www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2 > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > pabutler@earthlink.net > > >