To apply for a search you will need to complete a Form D440 and send it to:
The Principal Registry of the Family Division
Decree Absolute Search Section
First Avenue House
42-49 High Holborn
London WC1V 6NP
Tel: 0207 947 6000 (switchboard)
The above is out of date info I copied of the internet years ago, but if you can sort out the correct phone number you could check with them about fees etc. I'm pretty sure you will not get info on the divorce details - just a copy of the decree absolute. It's not cheap either - was £20 years ago!
Thank you, but how dull! I know they were divorced I have a copy of the maintainance order made in favour of my dad. I was curious to know who divorced who and why! I guess I'll never know now then.
Something niggles at the back of my mind that the court actually destroys records after a certain period but I think that may relate to company insolvency rather than private individuals. Does anyone have a more certain idea than that?
In the 50s and 60s was quite common for local nwspapers to print details of divorces in their area. Our local used to have a column with a paragraph or two for each divorce naming the parties involvd and the reason for granting the decree.
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