|Introduction to Genealogy| Divorce records Divorces before the
twentieth century were uncommon and in some places
illegal.Divorce records contain information on family members,
their marital history (including marriage date and place), their
property, residences, and dates of other important events such
as the children's births. Divorce records are primary source
records for the information on property, living children, age of
husband and wife and date of divorce and secondary source
records for information on the marriage, birth dates of
children, etc. Divorces are administered in the court systems,
so the process of obtaining a divorce and the location of the
ensuing records will vary by country. What information will a
divorce decree provide? This will vary widely by location and
time period. In general, vital records forms usually allow space
for the following information but are not consistently filled in
by the users. Divorce records usually contain: names of husband
and wife date of marriage date of d