Divorce Records in Scotland

[Pennines]

Hello - I wonder if anyone can help this Sassenach with a query about Scottish Divorce records please.

I note from the Scotlands People site that references to divorces in Scotland prior to 1984, can be picked up by a corrected entry to the original marriage record.

However - the person I am researching was originally married in England. The couple were still in England on the 1939 Register.

The wife remarried in Blantyre in 1957.
The husband remarried in Canongate and Portobello in 1967.

Hence it appears the couple and their family moved to Scotland after 1939 - and divorced there prior to 1957.

Would there be a record of this divorce anywhere please?

Thank you for reading this query.

[MonicaL]

Try searching the NRS Catalogue here https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx

I suggest searching for one of the names only at a time (click exact phrase too).

There is no option here for spelling variations, so if surnames are prone to this, you would have to check under the different spellings.

Some additional notes here www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/divorce-records

Monica

[Pennines]

Oh Monica thank you SO much for your helpful and speedy response.

I can't find anything for them at the moment but will look again tomorrow. I have now ordered the 1957 marriage certificate - which may just give a clue.

Thank you so much once again - I'm square eyed now - so will resume tomorrow!!

[MonicaL]

You have checked newspapers in case there was any mention of the divorce in these?

Monica

[Forfarian]

The National Records of Scotland web site used to list divorces in the 20th century - I was able to get all the documents for a divorce in 1935 - but last time I looked there didn't seem to be any after about 1920, so I think they may now have removed more recent ones from the indexes. I did look to see if they say what the cut-off date for viewing divorces is, but I have yet to find that information.

[Pennines]

I did check the Newspapers Monica - couldn't see anything, but thank you.

Forfarian - yes I just thought it odd that divorces AFTER 1984 were mentioned on Scotlands people - (not the actual divorce of course) -- and in the link which Monica gave, I did come across the occasional divorce, but not many.

The surname in this case doesn't help really. It's double barrelled --- Graham-Smith (it's OK they are both deceased). However sometimes the 'Graham' is included as the second name of the Christian name - with the surname just recorded as Smith.

(It would be boring if it went smoothly!!)

I don't suppose it's important really. I have ordered the wife's second marriage cert - as the PDF is not on line.