Divorce Index

When the State began to maintain vital statistics in 1892, they also collected information on divorces in the State. The clerks of each court were required to submit lists of divorces each year. The volumes in this collection are the compilations of these records from 1892 to 1963. Each volume generally covers a two year period (with a couple of exceptions), and each year is then arranged by county alphabetically. Within the counties are the lists of all divorces, sometimes including maiden name of the wife, date of marriage, date of divorce, and cause of divorce. However, not all clerks filled in all the information, so many pages will just include the names of the two parties.

This information can then be used to locate the file in the court records or order an abstract from the Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics. Divorces taking place in 1930 or later need to be requested directly from the court. A list of Superior Courts and their contact information can be found here. Divorces prior to 1930 can be found in many cases online at FamilySearch by searching for the county in the Card Catalog and then selecting court records in the search results.

These volumes have not been indexed, but for an index of divorces in Maine prior to 1892, which includes the divorces in these records up to 1903, see MaineGenealogy.net. For more information about these divorce returns please contact the Maine State Archives Research Room at maine.archives@maine.gov or 207-287-5790.

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Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 20A, 1930

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1930.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 20B, 1931

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1931.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 21A, 1932

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1932.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 21B, 1933

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1933.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 22A, 1934

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1934.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 22B, 1935

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1935.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 23A, 1936

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1936.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 23B, 1937

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1937.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 24A, 1938

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1938.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 24B, 1939

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1939.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 25A, 1940

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office for the year 1940.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 25B, 1941 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1941.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 25C, 1941 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1941.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 26A, 1942 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1942.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 26B, 1942 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1942.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 26C, 1943 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1943.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 26D, 1943 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1943.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 27A, 1944 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1944.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 27B, 1944 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1944.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 27C, 1945 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1945.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 27D, 1945 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1945.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 28A, 1946 (Androscoggin to Franklin Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Franklin County for the year 1946.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 28B, 1946 (Hancock to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Hancock to Lincoln County for the year 1946.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 28C, 1946 (Oxford to York Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Oxford to York County for the year 1946.
Maine Divorce Returns, Volume 29A, 1947 (Androscoggin to Lincoln Counties)

Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics

This volume contains a record of divorces sent to the Vital Records Office from Androscoggin to Lincoln County for the year 1947.