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Research in Other Countries => South Africa => Topic started by: kathleencyork on Thursday 12 May 22 21:12 BST (UK)
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Hi,
I've managed to track down the marriage cert in South Africa for a relative, she married in 1930 but divorced and remarried in 1935.
She didn't remain in SA for long after that....so my question is how do I find the divorce details - I don't have a date and don't know where it would have been registered.
I know in UK that marriages around that time would have have had an amendment made to the original register but not sure how that would work in SA.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Thank you
K
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Sorry K,
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Just re-read your post....I thought you meant South Australia, not South Africa.
Chris
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Sorry, I have amended my pot to show I meant South Africa
thanks for your reply
K
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You can check the archive indexes to see if the divorce is filed there http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl
You can pick which province you search in or pick RSA to search the entire database. In the search fields put her name in usually i put in one name per field. If the divorce comes up you can apply to the relevant archive for a copy. If its not in the KAB archives you can use eggsa.org to go in and photograph the file for a small fee. The archives charge around R1 per page
Contact details for the archives can be found on their website
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Some south African court cases are available on ancestry
Correction # it was from familysearch
I remember them being hard to search
And a helpful rootschatter found them for me
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If you give her name someone might be able to find it for you.