In a message dated 8/10/2005 4:00:49 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I have received a lot of question lately concerning divorce in the pre-Civil War South. Here is a simplified, copy and paste article with helpful end-notes that might help a lot of folks. Paul _http://www.arches.uga.edu/~mgagnon/students/Marino.htm_ (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~mgagnon/students/Marino.htm) Very interesting article Paul.. thanks for sharing! Ellie