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From: Catherine Fitchett <>
Subject: Re: Divorce proceedings
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:58:52 +1300
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> Does anyone know if divorce petitions, and proceedings are
> preserved anywhere? Would the Edinburgh papers have carried any
> details of such cases?

there are some divorce files in the catalogue of the National
Archives of Scotland which you can search online.

http://www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?
dsqApp=Site20&dsqCmd=Index.tcl

(I thought this would come up as a blue link but it hasn't, try
copying it and pasting it into your browser)

I checked for Sherlaw and nothing came up. There is a list of "what's
not on" which indicates that many of the Court of Session records are
not yet on the online catalogue. However the divorce files will in
fact be in the National Archives. If you are having no luck with
getting a reply to your e-mail enquiry you may need to hire a
researcher to check the records.

I have found the National Archives in general quite helpful about
answering queries, and supplying copies of records (for a fee). They
will not do detailed research for you though. If they have not yet
replied you might like to wait a bit and see. It sometimes takes a
few weeks. You should however have got an automated reply when you
first enquired. If you didn't get one it might be worth trying again

Catherine

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