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    keith.robinson
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    I am looking for divorce records for Kent in the UK. I have a marriage between Kenneth J Groombridge and Gladys K Robinson in Medway Kent in 1939.
    I then have a marriage for Kenneth in 1945 to Lilian G Jones in Gloucester. I also have a marriage for Gladys K Groombridge to Walter V E Hesse in Maidstone 1947. I presume they divorced but can't find a record or he just absconded. Can anyone throw some light on this please?

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    This is The National Archives reseach guide on divorce files

    It says the proportion of case files survival rate is
    1858-1927 - almost 100%
    1928-1937 - 80%
    After 1937 - less than 0.2%

    No case files survive from the district registries set up in 1927.

    So it doesn't look good for finding the one you want but then again there is a form you can download applying for a search at a cost of 65 pounds to cover a 10 year period.

    Christina
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    You could send for the second marriage certificates, if they divorced then it should be how they are described. In the marital status column: previous marriage dissolved, and previously the wife/husband of.
    Alma

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