Genealogy Chat

The obvious first step is to ascertain if, when and where either of the parties re-married

You say you have ‘no idea of era’, but if you have the names, and are looking for a divorce, you must know when they married

Thank you for all your advice

Scottish divorces from 1 May 1984 onwards (and civil partnerships from 2005 onwards) are on Scotlands People website:

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

You have to register, but then a basic search is free.
The basic search result will give you the names, date of marriage, year of divorce, and place where divorce was granted.
Then you can order a certificate (extract decree of divorce) if you wish, at a cost of £12.

Info here about what's on the cert, etc.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/other-statutory-registers#Divorces

Also more info in link below - National Records of Scotland website.


Prior to 1 May 1984 divorces in Scotland, of couples who had married in Scotland, were recorded in the Register of Corrected Entries.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/divorce-records

According to the National Archives this is the proportion of divorce records that survive in England and Wales:-

1858-1927: almost 100%
1928-1937: 80%
After 1937: less than 0.2%

As you will see, if the divorce was after 1937 you are unlikely to find it.

Kath. x

As in 'when'.!!

If you read the posts you may also spot that Pamela doesn't know if it is England or Scotland.

Edit: a post has been deleted.

I’ll put it another way, when and where were they born/ died?

England and Scotland have different laws and I expect that goes for divorce as well.

I have no idea of era . I have names it could either be England or Scotland

It would help if we knew what sort of era and what country.

The National Archives at Kew have some

Hi can anyone tell me how I can find out when someone got divorced please?