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Divorce proceedings
« on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:26 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can find divorce proceedings online somewhere for Clara Ann Flavell Williams and Frank W Brookman. It would be late 1895’s and quite scandalous.
I really need the transcription of the proceedings.
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Re: Divorce proceedings
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:32 BST (UK) »
Salacious court cases would probably be in newspaper reports. Unlikely court records themselves would be kept.
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:33 BST (UK) »
For England/Wales the National Archives:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/divorce/#4-divorce-case-files-1858-1937

I think some are on Ancestry.co.uk


I've found a few there.  ::)
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Divorce proceedings
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:37 BST (UK) »
I do not have an ancestry subscription and am asking for this for a relative. I was hoping maybe someone could locate this for us. If it requires payment I will have to go back to the person who requires it.
I do have FindMyPast so will look at newspapers, good idea.
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:38 BST (UK) »
That one is definitely on Ancestry - they have published the whole file.
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:39 BST (UK) »
Does your local library have a subscription for Ancestry?   
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:40 BST (UK) »
Lots of reports in the papers first week of December 1896

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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 03 July 19 11:47 BST (UK) »
Yes, I have just found the newspapers, brilliant reading, thanks for the heads up on that, I should have thought of newspapers straight away.
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