Source Information
Ancestry.com. Maine, U.S., Divorce Records, 1798-1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Maine, Divorce Records, 1798–1891. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
About Maine, U.S., Divorce Records, 1798-1891
This database contains an index extracted from early Maine divorce records.
The details in this index were extracted by the Maine State Archives from divorce proceedings heard by County Supreme Judicial Courts in Maine. Details included are
- plaintiff’s name
- defendant’s name
- term/date
- docket number
- county
- court
- volume and page number
This index does not include records for Lincoln County or cases heard in early District Courts or Courts of Common Pleas.
