Most of our ancestors were wed only once, and after the death of a spouse did not remarry.
Yet every family tree has individuals whose lives did not fit that pattern: a minority of the bereaved chose to take a second or even a third spouse, and with some marriages breaking down and divorce increasingly an option there were always bigamists and divorcees ready to find a new partner.
In this follow-up to the bestselling Marriage Law for Genealogists, Rebecca Probert explains divorce, bigamy, be.
| Pattern | A minority of the bereaved chose to take a second or even a third spouse and with some marriages breaking down and divorce increasingly an option there were always bigamists and divorcees ready to find a new partner |
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Takeaway (publishing) Divorced, bigamist, bereaved? the family historian's guide to marital breakdown, separation, widowhood, and remarriage: from 1600 to the 1970s, paperback/rebecca probert
