Divorce Records for Genealogy Research

State Archives Record Group 003, Judicial Records

• Hartford County, Superior Court, Papers By Subject, Divorce, 1796-1849; Hartford County, Superior Court Divorce Records, 1740-1794. Microfilm. Indexed in Connecticut Divorces: Superior Court Records for the Counties of Litchfield, 1752-1922 and Hartford, 1740-1849 compiled by Barbara B. Ferris and Grace Louise Knox. Please call or email us and we can check for a name. 
• Hartford County, Superior Court Divorce Records, 1871-1952. Arranged chronologically.  Indexed up until 1929 in Divorce Index, 1864-1929  compiled by Mel E. Smith. 33 volumes. For 1929-1953, see the scanned pdf indexes. Arranged chronologically. The original records have been digitized by FamilySearch! See the link to Hartford Divorce Records, 1864-1953 below!
• Hartford County, Superior Court Civil Case Files - 1899-1945. Arranged by year and then by case number.
• Hartford County, Superior Court Records, 1798-1890. Includes Civil and Criminal Cases. Index for 1798-1890 Divorce Judgments found in Hartford County, Superior Court Records  compiled by Mel E. Smith.

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