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Hartford County Superior Court divorce record indexes, 1929-1953

Connecticut divorces are processed in the superior court in the county where the plaintiff resided.  The below listed materials are scanned images of the indexes to the Hartford County Superior Court divorce judgment volumes for the 1929-1953 time period that are part of the Connecticut State Archives, archival record group (RG) #003, Records of the Judicial Department.

If a record of divorce is found in any of the below Hartford Superior Court divorce indexes, and a reproduction of the original record is desired, you may submit a request via E-mail or by contacting the History & Genealogy Unit of the Connecticut State Library at (860) 757-6580. 

Reproduction formats and fees available, are as follows:

  • Photocopy: black & white copy, 8 1/2 X 11″ or  11 X 14″ sized paper, 25 cents; 11 X 17″, 50 cents per photocopied page, plus a $3.00 handling fee and first class postage charges.
  • Photocopy: color copy 8 1/2 X 11″ or 11 X 14″ sized paper, $1.00 per photocopied page, 11 X 17″, $1.25 per photocopied page plus a $3.00 handling fee and first class postage charges.
  • Digital images (low or high resolution): PDF, JEG, TIFF, or DNG images, 25 cents per image, plus a $3.00 handling fee.  Digital file may be delivered via internet for no additional cost.

Pre-payment is not needed as a bill will accompany the finished product, either in the mail with photocopies or with the digital images.

Additional information may be also available regarding divorces within the Hartford Superior  Court Civil Court case files which are also housed within the Connecticut State Archives for the 1929 to 1945 time period.  If a record of judgment is found you may also request the case file as well which may contain a great deal of information regarding the divorce case.  Please inform the librarian if you would like to have both the record of judgment and the civil case file copied when placing reproduction request.  

Indexes for earlier Hartford County Superior Court divorce judgments may be found in the following resources:

Index for 1798-1890 Divorce Judgments found in Hartford County, Superior Court Civil Case Records, compiled by Mel E. Smith.

Hartford County Superior Court Divorce Index 1864-1929, compiled by Mel E. Smith.

Divorces in Early Connecticut Superior Court record books 1716-1798

Volume
Number		 Date Range Link to Document
69 Sep 1929 - Jun 1932       Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.69           
75 Sep 1932 - Jun 1935 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.75
84 Sep 1935 - Jun 1937 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.84
89 Sep 1937 - Jun 1939 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.89
92 Sep 1939 - Jun 1941 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.92
95 Sep 1941 - Dec 1942 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.95
99 Jan 1943 - Mar 1944 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.99
100 Apr 1944 - Mar 1945 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.100
101 Mar 1945 - Feb 1946 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.101
102 Feb 1946 - Sep 1946 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.102
103 Oct 1946 - Apr 1947 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.103
105 Apr 1947 - Jan 1948 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.105
106 Jan 1948 - Sep 1948 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.106
107 Sep 1948 - Jun 1949 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.107
108 Jun 1949 - May 1950 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.108
111 May 1950 - Mar 1951 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.111
112 Mar 1951 - Dec 1951 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.112
114 Aug 1951 - Jun 1952 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.114
115 Apr 1952 - May 1953 Index: Hartford Superior Court Divorces v.115

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