Thank you to Wendy and to Nivard for checking on the divorce records on Ancestry and Findmypast. It appears that unless I can make contact with someone in the family who knows what happened I will just have to accept that Pamela was divorced, changed her name and then later married the man she was living with (that part I am assuming but it sounds logical). Carol Lylyk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Name change by Deed Poll > Hi Wendy > > In reply only to the mention of the divorce index on findmypast , this > is a *very* misleading database > > A search for the names you mention do indeed get a hit for 1882 but have > no connection to a Pamela or a Roger > > > From the index it states :- > > Divorces & matrimonial causes for 1882 > > 1882 > 8258 NOEL v N - j? merchant > > So where they get the Roger or Pamela from is anyones guess > > ============================ > > The National Archives Catalogue can be searched for divorces under J77 > where is found the following which is clearly the same case > > Item reference J 77/280/8258 > Divorce Court File: 8258. Appellant: William Frederick Noel Noel. > Respondent: Josphine Annie Watts Noel. Co-respondent: Frederick > Merchant. ... > Jump to : Summary Back to search results Browse from here > > Ordering and viewing options > Context > J Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts > top of page Division within J Records of the Family Division and > predecessors > top of page J 77 Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later > Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files > top of page > top of page J 77/280 > Top of page > Record Summary > Scope and content > Divorce Court File: 8258. Appellant: William Frederick Noel Noel. > Respondent: Josphine Annie Watts Noel. Co-respondent: Frederick > Merchant. Type: Husband's petition for divorce [hd]. > Covering dates 1880 > Held by > The National Archives, Kew > Legal status Public Record(s) > Language English > > =========================== > > I noticed this yesterday when searching for someone who gave a hit in > virtually every year, yet does not appear in any of them at all > > Not for the first time they appear to have a glitch in their software > > Hopefully this may save the OP the cost of checking it out > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > On 22/09/2012 08:24, Wendy King wrote: >> Carol >> >> I tried Ancestry their electoral rolls and the divorce records end in the >> 1960s. >> >> Find My past do have an index on line (www.findmypast.co.uk) which has a >> Pamela MERCHANT/Roger MERCHANT divorce in 1882. I am not a member so you >> would need to buy credits to check the details. >> > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5285 - Release Date: 09/22/12 >