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Re: Divorce in Scotland in the 1920s
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 31 March 13 08:57 BST (UK) »
Going back and looking at the marriage certificate for James Gray Donaldson and Jane Kennedy I can see the same stamp in the margin - this stamp must be added in the event of a divorce, although there is no entry in the amended entries.

Yes. There is no need for an entry in the Register of Corrected Entries, because the stamp says all that the Registrar needed to know.
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Re: Divorce in Scotland in the 1920s
« Reply #19 on: Monday 01 April 13 03:42 BST (UK) »
Thanks Forfarian,sorry I didn't post this in the right place,and I see this has been well covered,so thank you all.I will look it up in NAS.can't visit them,too far away.I'm a Kiwi ;)

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Re: Divorce in Scotland in the 1920s
« Reply #20 on: Monday 01 April 13 09:01 BST (UK) »
Going back and looking at the marriage certificate for James Gray Donaldson and Jane Kennedy I can see the same stamp in the margin - this stamp must be added in the event of a divorce, although there is no entry in the amended entries.

Yes. There is no need for an entry in the Register of Corrected Entries, because the stamp says all that the Registrar needed to know.



I've found a couple of divorces and both had an RCE, one with a great level of detail on the circumstances.  If there is not a link to view the RCE, I would suggest contacting Scotlandspeople as they can supply a copy if it is not available to view.

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Re: Divorce in Scotland in the 1920s
« Reply #21 on: Monday 01 April 13 09:46 BST (UK) »
I see that I managed to include the phrase "order photocopies online". This was a slip of the ageing brain; I did not intend to include the word 'online' because as far as I am aware you cannot order photocopies online. You have to use the contact e-mail to do so, and to arrange payment.

My apologies for misleading you.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.