Seems strange, I must have searched hundreds of people during 2022 and never seen a divorce record appear once.
My parents divorce doesn't appear. Also my G Grandfather names his brother on his probate record even though his wife
and three children are all alive at the time, did they divorce? who knows.
According to the National Archives "divorce records are not available online". Some early pre 1916 records are but not later records.
Yes, I did see this information whilst googling before starting this thread. However you still need to know that someoneIgnoring the probate.
You can apply and pay for the divorce certificate, I think.https://www.gov.uk/copy-decree-absolute-final-order
You need to know the names of the parties and the year, ideally the case number or it gets increasingly expensive. Older cases used to be reported in newspapers too as pre 1950 divorce was difficult to obtain.
Strictly you don't need the case number, though it will cost you more to search though. I think if you are unsure if there was a divorce and if it was post-war you are unlikely to find any records to search yourself. Depending on how long ago it might have been you could consider paying for a search for the certificate? FMP and Ancestry can only display records that the PRO have made available.Yes, I did see this information whilst googling before starting this thread. However you still need to know that someone
had actually divorced to have the names, dates, ref number, etc to apply for a certificate.
I'm beginning to think it's a little misleading of FMP to add 'Divorce' to the search category list if the results are unlikely
to show them.
I've looked at all the tabs and dropdowns across the top of the page and can't see it MWS.There is a divorce index category on fmp with 82000 entries, it says at the top between 1858 and 1903.