A person sent the following to me, to be posted on the mailing list but would like anonymity: WHAT A GREAT SUBJECT! Divorce records have been a great compliment to my genealogy research. These records have explained in one instance why my grandfather's mother never saw her mother after he was born. My grandfather never knew her; he just knew that his grandfather and step grandmother lived with them, and he said it puzzled him that no one ever wanted to see this woman. I have their divorce records now, that explain her infidelity, maybe it was fine that my grandfather never knew. In another case, I have a more 'removed' lady, another instance of infidelity at 26 years old, died virtually homeless at that age, as her husband divorced her and took the five young children. I have never been able to find those children. It again explains in her mother's will why she was given just a 'petticoat,' while the others were given items of more value. So her divorce records completed her 'picture,' in that she clearly had become an 'outcast.' So when we are completing our genealogical puzzle of wills, deeds, etc., the divorce records are a phenomenal resource. Having said that, I have no problem using these records in my research because I did not personally know these people, nor do I have relatives who know them, and they are removed by over 100 years. So I guess I am saying that even though court documents are important in our research, we must use them wisely. ************** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)