How Do I Find Divorce records online????

[Joc_42]

Thx Janiceb, you def must have got lucky I googled and have had no such luck I'm beginning to wonder if they did indeed divorce!!!!!

Does anyone know if a marriage is still legal even if a persons legal name was not used when registered???

[v.wells]

Joc_42 - What makes you think they divorced? Then again the couple may have divorced and neither one may have remarried.

There is no stopping a woman from getting married after a divorce, using her maiden or her married name. I have an aunt that divorced after 1940 - no records but she remarried and is recorded under both her maiden name and married surname. Her maiden name was indexed wrong so I found the remarriage using the new hubby's details. Is the person you are researching still living? If you know the exact birthdates of the persons involved you might be able to find a death registration on one of the ppv sites, if they have died. Do you have the original marriage or birth certificate so you know what names to look for?

[Peter Goodey]

I'm beginning to wonder if they did indeed divorce

The research guide mentioned in the the second message in this thread explains the situation and what to do.

1938-date: most have been destroyed

therefore

contact the Principal Registry of the Family Division

a persons legal name

Under English law, people can use whatever names they like so long as it's not with intent to defraud.

[Joc_42]

Hi

I know they divorced as my gf went n to marry my gm and his 1st wife went on to marry someone else.

Sorry being a bit dim what is

the Principal Registry of the Family Division

???

Many Thanks again.

[Jan1954]

They are part of Her Majesty's Court Service.

[Joc_42]

Oh I see, thank you Jan. :-)