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Free Online Divorce Record Collections for the Mid Atlantic States

9/28/2019

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Divorce records from all over the U.S are sometimes difficult to find online. They are another hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

What can you find in these records? Obviously the dates and location of the divorce proceeding, the date and location of the marriage, the woman's maiden name, names of minor children, and the reason for the divorce. The reason can not only provide another part of your ancestor's story, but also may lead to more clues, especially in the case of desertion, where you may be able to find the location that the "deserting" party moved to.

WARNING: Some of the information in the Divorce Petitions may be difficult to read. There may be shocking claims, especially related to your ancestors' physical and emotional cruelty, or other behavior. Be prepared.

In most cases, I did not include the links to County Courts, where most divorce records are now processed and the documents held. But these divorce documents for most states are partially held in either state archives or county clerk records. So you may wish to avail yourself of these county clerk an court archives, especially those that can be searched online.

Note: Please be aware that if you find a desired divorce record in an index, that the holder of the actual materials (e.g., archive, county court, etc.) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the material itself.

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

Below, listed by state are links to divorce records and indexes available for free online.

(Updated September, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Delaware
  • Delaware Divorce Acts

District of Columbia
  • (None yet)

Maryland
  • Allegany County Divorce Decrees 1970-1971
  • Anne Arundel Civil, Equity, Law, & Divorce Docket, Index 1852-1991
  • Anne Arundel County Divorce Dockets 1966-1991
  • Baltimore City Divorce Decrees 1972-1978
  • Baltimore County Divorce Decrees 1908-1999
  • Baltimore Newspapers Divorce Notices
  • Calvert County Divorce Decrees 1963-1995
  • Carroll County Divorce Decrees 1966-1998
  • Cecil County Divorce Decrees 1973
  • Dorchester County Divorce Decrees 1958-1995
  • Frederick County Divorce Decrees 1919-1978
  • Maryland Circuit Court Case Search
  • Maryland Divorces and Name Changes 1634-1867
  • Queen Anne's County Divorce Decrees 1952-2007
  • St. Mary's County Divorce Decrees 1910-2003
  • St. Mary's County Divorce Decrees 1910-2003
  • Talbot County Divorce Decrees 1908=1995
  • Wicomico County Divorce Decrees 1908-1982
  • Wicomico County Divorce Decrees 1908-1988

New Jersey
  • (None yet)

New York
  • New York County Index to matrimonial actions, 1784-1910
  • Ontario County, Miscellaneous Divorces

Pennsylvania
  • Allegheny County, Marriage license dockets 1885-1905, 1937-1950, Index 1885-1925, some Divorces
  • Bedford County Divorce Record Index
  • Berks County Docket Search
  • Chester County Divorce Records Index, 1804-1902
  • Columbia County Divorce Index
  • Cumberland County Divorce Records, 1810-1905
  • Eastern District Divorce Papers, 1786-1815
  • Montour County Common pleas docket, 1850-1907
  • Pennsylvania, County Marriages (some divorces), 1885-1950
  • Philadelphia, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Publications, some Divorces
  • Pittsburgh Area Newspapers Divorce Index

Virginia
  • Franklin County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1865
  • Franklin County Chancery Papers, ca. 1860-1950
  • Hardy County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1929
  • ​Hardy County Chancery Book, 1831-1862
  • Isle of Wight, Court Records, 1773-1909
  • Nansemond County Chancery Order Books, 1866-1878, 1895-1912
  • Nelson County Chancery Order and plea Books, 1831-1908
  • Roanoke County Chancery Papers, ca. 1836-1900
  • Roanoke Chancery Order Book, v. A, 1884-1886
  • Roanoke Chancery Order Books, 1884-1900
  • Rockingham County Chancery Order and Minute Books, 1831-1903
  • Rockingham County Chancery Order Book, 1870-1873
  • Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988
  • Westmoreland County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1856, 1905-1924

West Virginia
  • Berkeley County Chancery Orders, 1831-1926
  • Boone County Chancery Orders, 1865-1927
  • Cabell County Chancery Orders, 1831-1926
  • Calhoun County Order Books, 1856-1975
  • Clay County Order Books, 1858-1960
  • Fayette County Chancery Orders, 1832-1927
  • Gilmer County Order Books, 1846-1927
  • Hampshire County Chancery Orders, 1831-1929
  • Hardy County Chancery Order Book, 1873-1880
  • Jefferson County Order Books, 1813-1872
  • Lincoln County Chancery Orders, 1909-1956
  • Logan County Chancery Orders, 1868-1960
  • Marshall County Chancery Order Books, 1873-1906
  • Mason County Chancery Orders, 1831-1929
  • McDowell County Chancery Orders, 1858-1928
  • Mercer County Chancery Orders, 1837-1927
  • Mineral County Chancery Orders, 1866-1927
  • Mingo County Chancery Orders, 1895-1960
  • Monongalia County Chancery Orders, 1831-1960
  • Morgan County Chancery Orders, 1831-1930
  • Preston County Chancery Index : 1869-1972
  • Preston County Chancery Orders, 1864-1932
  • Putnam County Chancery Orders, 1848-1960
  • Roane County Chancery Orders, 1856-1927
  • Summers County Chancery Orders, 1874-1927
  • Tyler County Chancery Orders, 1865-1929
  • Wyoming County Chancery Orders, 1850-1927

For free online divorce records from other states, please visit the Divorce Records page.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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Why You Should Be Visiting The Ancestor Hunt Regularly

9/25/2019

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For about 5 and a half years (since February,2014),  I have been researching and making available to visitors and readers, links to free online collections from various genealogy record categories.

I started with historical newspapers, and added photo archives, BMD records, and obituary and obituary index collections a couple of years later.  

In the past year, I have added school yearbooks, voter lists, and most recently coroner records; all links to free collections, and available online.

I am currently working on Probate and Wills, and Divorce Records.  After completing these categories, I will be updating Newspapers and Photos, and then will tackle Naturalizations. 

​​Below is a one minute video to remind you of all the different research categories. They can be accessed on this site by either the horizontal menu bar near the top of the page, or via the buttons in the right sidebar.

Thanks to all my frequent visitors and readers
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Free Online Divorce Record Collections for the Southern States

9/24/2019

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Divorce records from all over the U.S are sometimes difficult to find online. They are another hidden gem of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

What can you find in these records? Obviously the dates and location of the divorce proceeding, the date and location of the marriage, the woman's maiden name, names of minor children, and the reason for the divorce. The reason can not only provide another part of your ancestor's story, but also may lead to more clues, especially in the case of desertion, where you may be able to find the location that the "deserting" party moved to.

WARNING: Some of the information in the Divorce Petitions may be difficult to read. There may be shocking claims, especially related to your ancestors' physical and emotional cruelty, or other behavior. Be prepared.

In most cases, I did not include the links to County Courts, where most divorce records are now processed and the documents held. But these divorce documents for most states are partially held in either state archives or county clerk records. So you may wish to avail yourself of these county clerk an court archives, especially those that can be searched online.

Note: Please be aware that if you find a desired divorce record in an index, that the holder of the actual materials (e.g., archive, county court, etc.) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the material itself.

Note: Some of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital.

Below, listed by state are links to divorce records and indexes available for free online.

(Updated September, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)

Alabama
  • Alabama Chancery Court Divorce Cases, 1816-1917; Circuit Court in Equity Divorce Cases, 1917-1918; Law and Equity Court in Equity Divorce Cases, 1907- 1916
  • Alabama, First District Divorce Cases, 1816-1847
  • Barbour County Divorce Records, 1893-1941
  • Bibb County Divorce Records, 1907-1930
  • Blount County, Chancery Court Divorces, loose Files, 1936-1950
  • Butler County, Civil Court Cases 1861-1923
  • Butler County, Divorce Records, 1853-1866
  • Cherokee County, Divorce Records, 1895-1950
  • Choctaw County Divorce Records and Index Files, 1851-1959
  • Choctaw County, Miscellaneous Divorces Index
  • Clay County, Alabama. Divorce Records , 1872-1950
  • Coffee County Divorce Records, 1924-1953
  • Conecuh County Divorce Records and final Records, 1881-1932; general Index, 1905-1927; minutes, 1902-1928
  • Conecuh County, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1866-1950
  • Conecuh County, Divorce Record, 1866-1950
  • Crenshaw County, Divorce Records and Index, 1895-1950
  • Dale County Divorce decrees, 1921-1946
  • Dallas County Divorce Records, 1890-1893
  • De Kalb County, Court Records, 1836-1916
  • Escambia County Final Records, 1885-1929
  • Escambia County, Circuit Court Divorce Case Files, 1900-1950
  • Etowah County, Divorce Records, 1871-1950
  • Henry County Divorce Records, 1899-1925
  • Jefferson County, Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916
  • Limestone County Court Records, ca. 1819-1820, 1825-1849, 1866-1877, 1883-1908, 1942-1952, 1819-1952
  • Limestone County Divorce Records, 1896-1902, 1904-1947, 1896-1947
  • Madison County Chancery and Circuit Court Records, 1847-1950
  • Madison County, Law and Equity Court Records (Divorces and disputed estates), 1907-1950
  • Marengo County Divorce Records, 1900-1930
  • Marshall County, Divorce Records, 1836-1900
  • Monroe County, Monroeville, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1910-1950
  • Pike County Divorces Index (1887—1898)
  • Shelby County Divorce Case Files Index, through 1950
  • Shelby County Divorce Case Files, 1839-1950, 1839-1950
  • St. Clair County Divorce Records  1901-1950
  • Sumter County Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950
  • Sumter County, Divorce Records, 1840-1950
  • Tallapoosa County Divorce Records, 1840-1915 and Index, 1840-1915, 1840-1934
  • Wilcox County, Divorce Records, 1830-1950 

Arkansas
  • Arkansas Courts Case Search
  • Arkansas Divorce Index 1923-1927
  • Arkansas Divorce Index 1934-1939
  • Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939
  • Ashley County Miscellaneous Divorces Index
  • Bradley County Equity Record, vacation decrees, 1936-1957
  • Craighead County Divorce Indexes 1878-1950
  • Franklin County Divorce Records, 1844-1866
  • Hempstead county Circuit Court Record, 1835-1879; Chancery Court Record, 1839-1953
  • Jackson County Miscellaneous Divorces Index 1832-1890
  • Jackson County Marriage and Divorce Records 1831-1875
  • Jefferson County Circuit Court Records, 1830-1877
  • Mississippi County Chancery Court Records  1865-1941
  • Pulaski County Divorce Records, 1882-1900
  • Saline County Chancery Court docket 1925-1931
  • Saline County Chancery Court Indexes
  • Scott County Divorces Index
  • Sevier County Circuit Court Records, 1835-1954
  • Union County Circuit Court Records, 1830-1882

Florida
  • Charlotte County Divorce Indexes 1921-
  • Desoto County Divorce Court Indexes
  • Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001
  • Florida, Report of Divorces Granted and Report of Marriages Annulled, 1927-1950
  • Hillsborough County Case Search
  • Lake County Online Court Records
  • Pasco County Chancery Docket, 1911-1926

Georgia
  • Cobb County Divorce Case Search
  • Dawson County Equity Records and Divorce Cases of certiorari, 1857-1881
  • Tattnall County Superior Court, Miscellaneous Records, 1867-1916

Kentucky
  • Kentucky Divorce Index 1973-1993
  • Knox County Order Books, 1807-1888, 1892-1919; Indexes, 1800-1978, 1800-1978
  • LaRue County Order Books, 1848-1917
  • Pendleton County Order Books, 1808-1931
  • Spencer County Order Books, 1824-1935
  • Todd County Order Books, 1820-1925

Louisiana
  • Orleans Parish, Eighth District Court Cases, 1866-1872
  • Orleans Parish, Fifth District Case Papers, 1846-1880
  • Orleans Parish, First District Case Papers, 1813-1846
  • Orleans Parish, First District Case Papers, 1842-1854
  • Orleans Parish, First District Parish Court Cases, 1813-1851
  • Orleans Parish, Fourth District Case Papers, 1846-1880
  • Orleans Parish, Second District Case Papers, 1876-1880
  • Orleans Parish, Seventh District Court Cases, 1868-1873
  • Orleans Parish, Sixth District Court Cases, 1853-1880
  • Orleans Parish, Third District Case Papers, 1835-1880

Mississippi
  • Carroll County Divorce Records,1926-1950
  • Clay County Chancery Court Probate Records , 1872-1924
  • Coahoma County Estate and Divorce Files, 1850-1950
  • Franklin County Index to County Records, 1872-1939
  • Hancock County, Chancery Court Case Files (Divorces) ; Index, 1916-1950
  • Hancock County, Chancery Court Case Files ; Index, 1853-1907
  • Harrison County Divorce Case Files, 1916-1964; Index, 1916-1950, 1916-1964
  • Jasper County Divorce Records, ca. 1916-1950, Indexes, 1916-1950
  • Kemper County Divorce Index 1819-1925
  • Kemper County Divorce Cases, 1916-1950; Index ca. 1915-1950
  • Lincoln County Chancery Records, 1875-1921
  • Lowndes County Chancery Court Docket Records 1856-1921
  • Madison County Chancery Court Case Files (Divorces), ca. 1916-1950, ca. 1916-1950
  • Madison County Chancery Court Records, ca. 1832-1950; Indexes, ca. 1828-1982; Divorces, ca. 1844-1950, 1828-1950
  • Monroe County Divorce Records , 1901-1950
  • Monroe County Mixed Divorce, estate and Probate Court Files (, 1821-1916
  • Oktibbeha County Chancery Court Case Record 1880-1920
  • Panola County Estates, Wills, Divorce Cases , 1880-1950
  • Rankin County Estate and Divorce Files, 1855-1950

Missouri
  • Christian County, Missouri, Circuit Court Records No. 1
  • Cole County Circuit Court Case Files, 1820-1927
  • Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1823-1866
  • Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1867-1899
  • Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1900-1922
  • Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1923-1927
  • Daviess County Index to Divorces 1842-1896
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1837 - 1899
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1900 - 1910
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1911 - 1920
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1921 - 1928
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1929 - 1935
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1942 - 1946
  • Greene County Index to Divorce Records 1947 - 1950
  • Livingston County Court Records, 1837-1886
  • Madison County Divorce Records, 1821-1887
  • Missouri Court Case File Search
  • Morgan County Circuit Court Record Book, 1833-1867
  • Pike County Circuit Court Record, 1819-1886
  • St. Charles County Record Books, 1808-1887
  • St. Louis, Divorces Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat - Index
  • Stoddard County Divorce Index 1836-1912
  • Warren County Court Records, 1833-1886

North Carolina
  • Alamance County Divorce Records, 1889-1917
  • Alamance County Divorced Women's Maiden Names, 1938-1963
  • Alamance County, Divorce Records, 1938-1963
  • Alexander County Divorce Records, ca. 1866-1905
  • Alexander County, Divorce Records, 1940-1968
  • Alleghany County Divorce Records, 1862-1932
  • Alleghany County, Divorce Records, 1966-1970
  • Anson County Divorce Records, ca. 1872-1903, 1925
  • Ashe County Divorce Records, 1822-1912, 1929 (only 1)
  • Ashe County, Divorce Records, 1944-1966
  • Avery County, Divorce Records, 1939-1961
  • Beaufort County Divorce Records,1868-1902, 1923(only 1)
  • Beaufort County, Marriages and Divorces
  • Bertie County, Divorce Records, 1938-1968
  • Brunswick County Divorce Records, 1869-1906, 1915; other Cases, 1844, 1866, 1891-1913, 1921-1922
  • Brunswick County, Divorce Records, 1946-1973
  • Buncombe County Divorce Records, 1830-1831, 1853, 1855, 1857, 1859, 1866-1876, 1879-1919, 1924
  • Buncombe County, Divorce Records, 1938-1970
  • Burke County Divorce Records, ca. 1823-1914; abandonments, 1870-ca. 1901; bigamy, 1877-1901; inter-racial Marriage [no date]; child custody [no date]
  • Cabarrus County Divorce Records, 1866, 1868, 1873-1930
  • Cabarrus County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1938-1966
  • Cabarrus County, Divorce Records, 1938-1966
  • Caldwell County Divorce Records, ca. 1850-1925
  • Camden County, Divorce Records, 1945-1965
  • Carteret County Divorce Records, ca. 1867-1905, 1911-1912, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1939, and other Records
  • Carteret County, Divorce Records, 1938-1968
  • Carteret County, Marriage licenses and Divorces, 1872-1950
  • Caswell County Divorce Records, ca. 1818-1928
  • Caswell County Divorced Women's Maiden Names and an Index to their former husbands, 1939-1961
  • Caswell County, Divorce Records, 1936-1961
  • Catawba County Divorce Records, ca. 1869, 1877-1908, 1922, 1927
  • Chatham County Divorce Records, ca. 1829, 1840, 1842, 1845, 1850, 1853-1857, 1860, 1869, 1873-1935
  • Chatham County Index to former husbands and Maiden Names of Divorced Women
  • Chatham County, Divorce Records, 1945-1959
  • Cherokee County Divorce Records, 1869-1914, 1919, 1942
  • Chowan County Divorce Records, 1822, 1829-1833, 1838, 1847-1853, 1867, 1875-1909
  • Chowan County Minute Book of Divorces and names of Divorced Women resuming their Maiden Names, 1868-1960
  • Cleveland County Divorce Records, 1842-1947
  • Cleveland County, Divorce Records, 1945-1970
  • Columbus County, Divorce Records, 1939-1969
  • Craven County Divorce Records, 1828-1903, 1936 (only 1), 1955 (1)
  • Craven County, Divorce Records, 1937-1968
  • Cumberland County, Divorce Records, 1937-1967
  • Currituck County, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1914
  • Dare County Divorce Records, 1882-1969
  • Dare County, Divorce Records, 1943-1967
  • Davidson County Divorce Records, ca. 1828-1944
  • Davidson County, Divorce Records, 1937-1966
  • Davie County Divorce Records, 1849-1908
  • Davie County, Divorce Records, 1940-1966
  • Duplin County Divorce Records, 1869-1921, 1935, 1942-1952
  • Duplin County Maiden Names of Divorced Women and Index to former husbands, 1944-1961
  • Duplin County, Divorce Records, 1944-1969
  • Durham County, Divorce Records, 1937-1969
  • Edgecombe County Divorce Records, 1835-1901
  • Edgecombe County Divorced Women's Maiden Names Record, 1948-1960
  • Edgecombe County, Divorce Records, 1948-1960
  • Forsyth County Divorce Records, 1871-1929
  • Forsyth County, Divorce Records, 1937-1969
  • Franklin County Divorce Records, ca. 1820-1930
  • Gaston County Divorce Records, ca. 1859-1910
  • Gaston County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1963
  • Gaston County, Divorce Records, 1939-1965
  • Gates County Divorce Records, 1817-1911
  • Gates County, Divorce Records, 1945-1966
  • Graham County, Miscellaneous Records, 1836-1940
  • Granville County Divorce Records, 1818-1895, 1914; separations,1834 & 1841
  • Greene County Divorce Records, ca. 1875-1959
  • Guilford County Divorce and separation agreement Papers, ca. 1815, 1824-1932
  • Guilford County, Divorce Records, 1937-1969
  • Halifax County Divorce Records, ca. 1870-1922
  • Halifax County Index Record of former husbands and Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1938-1963
  • Halifax County, Divorce Records, 1938-1968
  • Harnett County, Divorce Records, 1936-1967
  • Haywood County Divorce Records, ca. 1819-1938
  • Haywood County, Divorce Records, 1939-1966
  • Henderson County Divorce Records, 1841-1923
  • Hertford County Divorce Records, 1870-1914
  • Hertford County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1962
  • Hertford County, Divorce Records, 1939-1962
  • Hyde County Divorce Index 1829-1898
  • Hyde County Divorce Records, 1829-1833, 1851-1913
  • Hyde County, Divorce Records, 1941-1952
  • Iredell County Divorce Records 1855-1952
  • Iredell County Resumption of Maiden Name, 1938-1970
  • Iredell County, Marriage Records, 1790-1972
  • Jackson County, Divorce Records, 1940-1968
  • Johnston County, Divorce Records, 1940-1968
  • Jones County Divorce Records, ca. 1871-1905
  • Jones County Divorced Women's Maiden Names, 1946-1963
  • Jones County, Divorce Records, 1946-1969
  • Lee County, Divorce Records, 19421968
  • Lenoir County Divorce Records, 1875-1909, 1914 (only 1), 1933
  • Lenoir County Divorces Index (highlighted)
  • Lincoln County Divorce Records, 1811-1899, 1914, 1916, 1920-1921
  • Lincoln County Maiden Names of Divorced Women Records, 1942-1964
  • Macon County Divorce Records, ca. 1833-1914
  • Macon County, Divorce Records, 1940-1965
  • Madison County Divorce Records, ca. 1851-1926
  • Madison County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1967
  • Madison County, Divorce Records, 1939-1967
  • Martin County Divorce Records, ca. 1884-1903
  • Martin County Divorced Women's Maiden Names, 1937-1960
  • Martin County, Divorce Records, 1937-1968
  • McDowell County Divorce & related Papers, ca. 1848-1852, 1865-1924, 1930-1935, 1941
  • McDowell County, Divorce Records, 1940-1965
  • Mecklenburg County Divorce Records, ca. 1846-1969
  • Mecklenburg County, Divorce Records Index 1846-1969
  • Mecklenburg County, Divorce Records, 1937-1965
  • Mitchell County Divorce Records, ca. 1867-1915
  • Montgomery County Divorce Records, ca. 1854-1908
  • Moore County Divorce Records, ca. 1896-1915
  • Moore County, Divorce Records, 1939-1963
  • Nash County Divorce Records, ca. 1818-1866
  • Nash County Maiden Names of Divorced Women and Index, 1940-1964
  • Nash County, Marriage and Divorce Records
  • New Hanover County Divorce Records, ca. 1858-1945
  • North Carolina, Civil Action Court Papers, 1712-1970
  • North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975
  • North Carolina, Miscellaneous Early Petitions for Divorce
  • North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975
  • Northampton County Divorce Records, ca. 1818-1951
  • Northampton County, Divorce Records, 1946-1968
  • Onslow County Divorce Records, ca. 1866-1908
  • Onslow County, Divorce Records, 1937-1969
  • Orange County Divorce Records, ca. 1824-1908
  • Orange County Record of Maiden Names of Divorcees, 1941-1962
  • Orange County, Divorce Records, 1941-1962
  • Pamlico County Divorce Records, ca. 1874-1915
  • Pamlico County, Divorce Records, 1928-1966
  • Pasquotank County Divorce Records, ca. 1807-1919
  • Pasquotank County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1959
  • Pender County Divorce Records, ca. 1877-1950
  • Pender County, Divorce Records, 1937-1943
  • Perquimans County Divorce Records, ca. 1824-1912
  • Perquimans County, Divorce Records, 1941-1970
  • Person County Divorce Records, ca. 1821-1939
  • Person County, Divorce Records, 1938-1966
  • Pitt County Divorce Records, 1861, 1866, ca. 1870-1906
  • Pitt County Divorced Women's Maiden Names, 1942-1963
  • Pitt County, Divorce Records, 1942-1963
  • Polk County Divorce Records, ca. 1856-1909
  • Polk County, Divorce Records, 1942-1968
  • Randolph County Divorce Records, ca. 1804-1927
  • Randolph County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1851-1964
  • Randolph County, Divorce Records, 1945-1970
  • Richmond County Divorce Actions Index 1816-1914
  • Richmond County Divorce Records, ca. 1816-1912
  • Robeson County Divorce Records, ca. 1841-1920
  • Robeson County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1867-1966
  • Robeson County, Divorce Records, 1940-1968
  • Rockingham County Divorce Records, ca. 1824-1921
  • Rockingham County Record of Marriages and Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1851-1965
  • Rockingham County, Divorce Records, 1937-1965
  • Rowan County Divorce Records, ca. 1805-1900
  • Rowan County, Divorce Records, 1937-1963
  • Rutherford County Divorce Records, ca. 1870-1932, 1935, 1940
  • Rutherford County Maiden Names for Divorced Women, 1937-1964
  • Rutherford County, Divorce Records, 1937-1964
  • Sampson County Divorce Records, ca. 1869-1921
  • Sampson County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1965
  • Scotland County Divorce Records, ca. 1901-1951
  • Scotland County, Divorce Records, 1939-1966
  • Stanly County Divorce Records, ca. 1854-1920
  • Stanly County, Divorce Records, 1945-1968
  • Stokes County Divorce Records, ca. 1816-1941
  • Stokes County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1965
  • Stokes County, Divorce Records, 1937-1965
  • Surry County Divorce Records, ca. 1826-1927
  • Surry County Divorced Women's Maiden Names Record, 1938-1963
  • Surry County, Divorce Records
  • Swain County, Divorce Records, 1940-1966
  • Transylvania County, Divorce Records, 1954-1968
  • Tyrrell County, Divorce Records, 1940-1975
  • Union County Divorce Records, ca. 1865-1968
  • Union County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1968
  • Union County, Divorce Records, 1938-1968
  • Vance County, Divorce Records, 1937-1968
  • Wake County Divorce Records, ca. 1831-1952
  • Wake County Minutes, 1921-1940; Divorces, 1947-1950
  • Wake County, Divorce Records, 1770-1968
  • Warren County Divorce Records 1874-1918, 1927
  • Warren County Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1964; Index to vital statistics, 1914-1965
  • Warren County, Divorce Records, 1937-1968
  • Washington County Divorce Records, ca. 1851, 1873-1903
  • Washington County Records of Marriages, 1851-1967; names of Divorced Women, 1944-1967; Marriages of freedmen, 1866-1872
  • Washington County, Divorce Records, 1944-1967
  • Watauga County Divorce Records, ca. 1828-1948
  • Wayne County Divorce Records, ca. 1822-1930
  • Wayne County, Divorce Records, 1939-1968
  • Wilkes County Divorce Records, ca. 1826-1907
  • Wilkes County Divorced Women's Maiden Names, 1945-1962
  • Wilkes County, Divorce Records, 1945-1962
  • Wilson County Divorce Records, ca. 1859-1913
  • Wilson County Index to former husbands and Maiden Name of Divorced Women, 1937-1960
  • Wilson County, Divorce Records, 1937-1968
  • Yadkin County Divorce Records, ca.1851-1931
  • Yancey County Divorce Records, 1866-1914
  • Yancey County, Divorce Records, 1941-1967

Oklahoma
  • Alfalfa County Civil Appearance Dockets, 1892-1955
  • Alfalfa County Divorce Case Files, 1907-1950; Index to Divorces, 1907-1950
  • Beaver County Divorce Packets, 1894-1928; Index 1894-1928
  • Blaine County Divorce Records 1911-1928
  • Bryan County Civil Appearance Dockets, 1907-1951; Index to Civil Appearance Dockets, 1907-1925
  • Bryan County Divorce Records, ca. 1907-1950; Indexes, ca. 1907-1950
  • Caddo County Divorce Index
  • Caddo County Divorce Packets, 1901-1957
  • Caddo County Index to Civil Court Cases, 1901-1969
  • Canadian County Divorce Packets, 1892-1950
  • Carter County Civil Appearance Dockets, 1907-1951; General Index to Civil Appearances, 1909-1951
  • Cimarron County Civil Court Records, 1908-1950; General Civil Index, 1908-1954
  • Cotton County Civil Appearance Dockets, 1912-1930
  • Cotton County Divorce Appearance Docket, 1941-1953
  • Cotton County Divorce Packets, 1912-1948
  • Custer County Divorce Records, 1910-1926
  • Delaware County Divorce Records, 1913-1950; General Index to Civil Cases, 1912-1986
  • Dewey County Divorce Cases, 1894-1926; Index, 1894-1926
  • Ellis County Divorce Records, 1902-1928; Index, 1902-1928
  • Greer County District Court Minutes, 1894-1896; cross Index District Court, 1886- 1939
  • Greer County Divorce Cases, 1897-1930; Indexes, 1894-1930
  • Greer County Journal Records, 1898-1934
  • Harmon County Divorce Records 1907-1929
  • Kingfisher County Civil Appearance Dockets, 1901-1929
  • Kingfisher County Divorce Packets, 1899-1928
  • Latimer County Divorce Indexes 1906-1941
  • Latimer County Divorce Case Files, 1905-1950; Index, 1905-1950
  • Le Flore County Court Records, 1908-1929
  • Major County District Court Civil Case Files, 1907-1928; District Court, Civil, General Index, 1907-1991
  • Marshall County Divorce Records, 1907-1950
  • Marshall County General Index to Civil Court Records, 1907-1975
  • McCurtain County Divorce Records 1907-1950
  • Muskogee County Divorce Record Indexes
  • Muskogee County District Court Cases
  • Muskogee County Index to Civil Cases, 1907-1940
  • Noble County Divorce Records, 1893-1950
  • Oklahoma County Civil Court Case Files including Divorce Records 1890-1925; Index to Divorce Records, 1890-1953
  • Oklahoma County Superior Court Case Files, 1909-1914; Index, 1909-1914
  • Oklahoma County, Divorce Index, 1923-1942
  • Oklahoma County, Divorce Index, 1923-1944
  • Oklahoma County, Divorces in The Oklahoman 1901-1906
  • Osage County Divorce Records, 1917-2002
  • Pottawatomie County Court Records 1909-1930; Indexes, 1892-1938
  • Pottawatomie County Divorce District Court Records 1928-1976
  • Pottawatomie County Index to Divorce Records
  • Pushmataha County Divorce Records Index 1921-1927
  • Roger Mills County Divorce Records  1900-1928
  • Roger Mills County Index to Civil Cases
  • Seminole County Civil Appearance and Divorce Dockets, 1907-1954
  • Seminole County General Court Index, 1931-1983
  • Texas County General Index to Civil Court Records, 1908-1959
  • Washita County General Index to Probate and Divorce; Probate, 1903-1997 and Divorce,1893-1997
  • Washita County Probate Packets, 1903-1928; Probate Index, 1903-1996
  • Woods County Divorce Packets, 1894-1897
  • Woodward County Divorce Packets, 1894-1927; General Index, 1894-1926

South Carolina
  • (None yet)

Tennessee
  • Blount County Divorce Records, 1862-1950; Index, A-Z, 1862-1950
  • Carroll County, Divorce Case Files 1826-1900 ; Indexes 1826-1900, 1826-1900
  • Carroll County, Divorces Index 1773 - 1948 
  • Chancery Court rule Docket Books, 1855-1917
  • Cheatham County Divorce Records, 1919-1950
  • Cocke County, Chancery Court Records, 1870-1929
  • Dickson County Divorce Records 1849-1932
  • Dyer County Probate Records 1851-1969
  • Franklin County Divorce Records 1836-1944
  • Gibson County Vitals Records, 1881-1999
  • Gibson County, Circuit Court Records
  • Hamblen County Circuit Court Records 1808-1899
  • Hancock County Chancery Court Case Files, 1797-1950
  • Hawkins County ​Divorces taken from the Circuit Court Records abstracted
  • Hawkins County Chancery Court Records 1795-1950
  • Hawkins County Circuit Court Records 1795-1930
  • Hawkins County County Court Records 1788-1930; Index, 1788-1930
  • Hawkins County Divorces taken from the Circuit Court Records
  • Hawkins County Divorces taken from the Circuit Court Records abstracted
  • Henderson County Divorces, 1896-1950; Index, 1896-1950, 1896-1950
  • Humphreys County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1897-1920
  • Jackson County Loose Court Papers, including Divorces (transcriptions)
  • Jackson County Court transcripts of the County, chancery and circuit Courts, 1839-1915
  • Jackson County, Chancery Court Records, 1811-1965
  • Jackson County, Divorce Index 1839-1915
  • Knox County Divorce Index, 1792-1985
  • Lauderdale County Chancery Court Records 1844-1939
  • Monroe County Divorce Index, pre-1968
  • Monroe County, Miscellaneous Divorces from Chancery Court Records 1832-1887 (transcriptions)
  • Montgomery County Divorce, Probate estate Files, 1840-1962
  • Moore County Chancery Court Records 1830-1993; Index, 1915-1978
  • Moore County Chancery Court Records 1922-1935
  • Obion County Obion County, Divorces 1828-1950 ; Indexes 1828-1890, 1828-1950
  • Obion County Obion County, Miscellaneous Court Records, 1824-1899, Civil Cases, 1851-1900 ; Indexes 1821-1950, 1821-1950
  • Putnam County Records, 1842-1955
  • Putnam County, Chancery Court Records, 1867-1955
  • Shelby County, Chancery Court Divorce Index 1945-1997
  • Shelby County, Divorce Records Index 1980-2014
  • Stewart County, Divorces Index, 1811-1940
  • Tipton County Divorces Records, 1911-1950
  • Tipton County Marriage licenses, 1864-1959 and Divorce Records, 1911-1950
  • Union City, Court Records 1849-1969 ; Indexes 1821-1950, 1821-1950
  • White County Records, 1809-1975
  • White County, Chancery Court Records, 1811-1937
  • Williamson County Court Records, 1800-1900
  • Williamson County Divorce Records 1900-1950
  • Williamson County Probate, Divorce and original wills Records, 1800-1899

Texas
  • Andrews County Divorce Records Index 1968-2005
  • Angelina County, Divorce Index 1968
  • Burleson County Divorce Indexes
  • Comanche County Records, 1858-1955
  • Dallas County Divorce Indexes
  • Fannin County Divorce Records Index
  • Fayette County Divorces Index 1966-2001
  • Gonzales County Civil Case Papers, 1841-1926
  • Gonzales County Divorce Records, 1911-1927
  • Gonzales County Index to Probate Case Files, 1832-1918; Probate Case Files, 1832-1890
  • Gonzales County, Divorce Records, 1825-1950
  • Gonzales County, Divorce Records, 1911-1958
  • Guadalupe County Divorces 1968 - 2001
  • Jack County Divorce Index 1968-2010
  • Kaufman County Divorce Index
  • Mills County Clerk Records
  • Moore County, Divorce Index 1968-1969
  • Nueces County Divorce Records Index
  • Swisher County Divorce Index
  • Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010
  • Texas, Divorce or Annulment Indexes 1968-2015
  • Texas, Divorce Records Index 1968-2011
  • Texas, Gonzales County, Divorce Records, 1911-1958
  • Wise County Divorce Index

Virginia
  • Franklin County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1865
  • Franklin County Chancery Papers, ca. 1860-1950
  • Hardy County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1929
  • ​Hardy County Chancery Book, 1831-1862
  • Isle of Wight, Court Records, 1773-1909
  • Nansemond County Chancery Order Books, 1866-1878, 1895-1912
  • Nelson County Chancery Order and plea Books, 1831-1908
  • Roanoke County Chancery Papers, ca. 1836-1900
  • Roanoke Chancery Order Book, v. A, 1884-1886
  • Roanoke Chancery Order Books, 1884-1900
  • Rockingham County Chancery Order and Minute Books, 1831-1903
  • Rockingham County Chancery Order Book, 1870-1873
  • Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988
  • Westmoreland County Chancery Order Books, 1831-1856, 1905-1924

West Virginia
  • Berkeley County Chancery Orders, 1831-1926
  • Boone County Chancery Orders, 1865-1927
  • Cabell County Chancery Orders, 1831-1926
  • Calhoun County Order Books, 1856-1975
  • Clay County Order Books, 1858-1960
  • Fayette County Chancery Orders, 1832-1927
  • Gilmer County Order Books, 1846-1927
  • Hampshire County Chancery Orders, 1831-1929
  • Hardy County Chancery Order Book, 1873-1880
  • Jefferson County Order Books, 1813-1872
  • Lincoln County Chancery Orders, 1909-1956
  • Logan County Chancery Orders, 1868-1960
  • Marshall County Chancery Order Books, 1873-1906
  • Mason County Chancery Orders, 1831-1929
  • McDowell County Chancery Orders, 1858-1928
  • Mercer County Chancery Orders, 1837-1927
  • Mineral County Chancery Orders, 1866-1927
  • Mingo County Chancery Orders, 1895-1960
  • Monongalia County Chancery Orders, 1831-1960
  • Morgan County Chancery Orders, 1831-1930
  • Preston County Chancery Index : 1869-1972
  • Preston County Chancery Orders, 1864-1932
  • Putnam County Chancery Orders, 1848-1960
  • Roane County Chancery Orders, 1856-1927
  • Summers County Chancery Orders, 1874-1927
  • Tyler County Chancery Orders, 1865-1929
  • Wyoming County Chancery Orders, 1850-1927


For free online divorce records from other states, please visit the Divorce Records page.

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NY State Historical Newspapers Adds/Updates 15 Titles - September, 2019

9/19/2019

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If you follow this website at all, you know that I from time to time update the free online historical newspapers that are available for you to search. I originally posted the New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary in February, 2014, and have added many updates, the latest in July, 2019. The largest collection for the state is Old Fulton New York Postcards which has significant updates once or twice a year. I usually write an article alerting you to those updates as they are published.

The 
NY State Historic Newspapers site is not as well known as Old Fulton Postcards, but is adding and updating titles at a very rapid rate and has about 9.3 million pages available.

All of the counties in the state are represented. It is brought to you by the
 Northern New York Library Network in partnership with the Empire State Library Network. You should take advantage of this resource and check back often.

Here are the latest added and updated newspapers included in their September, 2019 update.  You can search them at NY State Historic Newspapers.
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New Titles
  • ​Dundee observer. - Dundee, N.Y., 1971-????
  • Dziennik dla wszystkich = Polish everybody's daily. - Buffalo, N.Y., 1907-1957
  • The Long Island kernel. - Freeport, L.I., N.Y., 195?-1966
  • CO-NO press. - Cortland, N.Y., 1926-1942

Updated Titles
  • ​The beacon. - Babylon, N.Y., 1972-current
  • The Bethpage tribune. - Bethpage, N.Y., 1966-current
  • The Dragon chronicle. - Cortland, N.Y., 1990-current
  • The East Hampton Star. - East Hampton, N.Y., 1885-current
  • The Granville sentinel. - Granville, N.Y., 188?-current
  • The Long-Islander. - Huntington [N.Y.], 1839-current
  • Manhasset press. - Manhasset, N.Y., 1934-current
  • Northport journal. - Northport, N.Y., 1885-current
  • Northport observer. - Northport, N.Y., 192?-1961
  • The observer. - Northport, Huntington TWP., N.Y., 1962-current
  • The Webster herald. - Webster, N.Y., 1899-current

For a complete list of all this collection's titles as well as all New York titles available online, go to New York Online Historical Newspapers Summary.

Good luck with your research!

For other states and additional newspaper research resources, check out the
 Newspapers page
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Advantage Archives Adds 650K Historical Newspaper Pages - August, 2019

9/5/2019

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In February, 2017, I started publishing a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Archives Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies and museums across the U.S. who preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since then. Now there are over 630 collections - a 50% per cent growth in a little over two years.




To see the latest complete list, click on
 60 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives.


Here are the new County and Library collections that were added after the previous monthly Advantage Archives update, followed by the collections that have had newspapers added to their existing collections in the last month. 

​New County and Library Collections (listed by county; includes name and link to collection, and number of issues or pages):

Alabama
  • Baldwin - Fairhope Public Library  (35,868 pages)

Colorado
  • San Juan County - San Juan County (13,307 pages)

Connecticut
  • Fairfield - Weston Library (1,874 pages)

Iowa      
  • Ringgold - Mount Ayr Preservation (34,716 pages)
  • Woodbury - Correctionville (45,984 pages)

Massachusetts
  • Bristol - Mansfield Public Library (19,767 pages)
  • Essex - Manchester Cricket (64,685 pages)


Updated Collections
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Here is a list by state and county of the existing online collections that had pages added in the last month that are available to search for free:

Iowa
  • Cedar - Clarence Newspaper
  • Howard - Howard Winnishiek-Cresco
  • Iowa - Iowa County Iowa
  • Iowa - Williamsburg Iowa
  • Jasper - Monroe Public Library
  • Linn - Cedar Rapids Public Library
  • Marion - Marion County
  • Story - Ames Public Library
  • Winnebago - Lake Mills

Kansas
  • Pottawatomie - Wamego Public Library

Kentucky
  • Johnson - Johnson County Library

Louisiana
  • Rapides - Rapides Parish Library

Maine
  • Kennebec - Gardiner Public Library 
  • Lincoln - Skidompha Public Library
  • Waldo - Alice L. Pendleton Library

Manitoba
  • Westman Region - Brandon Sun

Massachusetts
  • Essex - Boxford
  • Essex - Newburyport Public Library
  • Middlesex - Flint Memorial Library
  • Middlesex - Hudson Public Library
  • Norfolk - Morrill Memorial Library

Michigan
  • Kent - Grand Rapids Public Library
  • Oceana - Shelby Area District Library

Mississippi
  • Coahoma - Carnegie Public Library

Montana
  • Yellowstone - Billings Public Library

Nebraska
  • Otoe - Otoe County Archives
  • Saline - Doane University

New Hampshire
  • Carroll - Conway Public Library
  • Strafford - Dover Public Library

New York
  • Broome - Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library
  • Greene - Catskill
  • Nassau - Hewlett Woodmere Public Library
  • Rensselaer - Troy Public Library
  • Ulster - Saugerties Public Library
  • Westchester - Chappaqua Public Library

Ohio
  • Gallia - Bossard Memorial Library

Rhode Island
  • Washington - Island Free Library

Texas
  • Austin - Bellville Public Library
  • Bee - Joe Barnhart Bee County Library
  • Hays - San Marcos Public Library
  • Hidalgo - Speer Memorial Library

West Virginia
  • Mineral - Potomac State College Mary Shipper Library
  • Ohio - Ohio County Public Library

If you wish to see a complete list of links to historical newspapers that are searchable for free from companies like Advantage Archives and many others, check out Newspaper Links.

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