How to find Ohio divorce records world war 2 some time in 1945
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What exactly are you looking for? Are you looking for proof of a divorce, the records of what went on during the divorce, something else?
If you’re just looking for proof of divorce then newspapers might be your best bet. Divorces, at least in MD, tended to be listed in the papers. The county might have records, either an index of the court case, or some sort of transcript. The problem there might be finding the county it happened in, if one of the couple moved it might not be where you expect it to be. In Maryland the state archives tends to keep the actual record of the divorce, that’s how I’ve gotten copies of my ancestors divorce from the 1930s.
It’s also possible, but I’ve never looked, that Ancestry or Family Search may have such court records in their records.
Do libraries still have archived copies of newspapers? That might also be an avenue worth exploring.
If you know the county where the divorce took place, contact the Family Court for that county. They will either have the records or have a place where they are archieved.
That’s where I would start. But there’s a nice, handy-dandy guide online on where to find divorce records in Ohio:
How to Find a Divorce Record in Ohio | StateRecords.org.
Basically, Department of Health (Vital Statistics) and/or the County Clerk. From 1911 onward, divorce records were filed at the county court, so you should be able to find it there, but it seems the vital statistics office should help you, too.
I thought that too, but i found this on their website, so who knows?
“Marriage and divorce records are NOT maintained by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certified copies of marriage licenses and divorce decrees can only be obtained from the county where the event was recorded.”
Ah, yes! I see that now on the ohio.gov website. They say go to the county clerk where the divorce happened. That seems pretty definitive and final.