Source Information

Ancestry.com. Minnesota, U.S., Divorce Index, 1970-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Minnesota Statewide Divorce Index, 1970-1995. St Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.

About Minnesota, U.S., Divorce Index, 1970-1995

This database contains a statewide index of divorces filed in Minnesota between 1970 and 1995. Information that may be found in this database includes:

  • Husband’s name

  • Husband’s age

  • Wife’s name

  • Wife’s age

  • Divorce date

  • County divorce was filed in

It is important that you use the information found in this database to locate your relative in the original records that this index references. Usually more information is available in the records themselves than is found in an index. For example, divorce records may list marriage information, birth information, or the cause for divorce in addition to the information provided in this index. The county where the divorce occurred will need to be contacted in order to locate the original divorce record.