Divorce and Marriage Records: They can help in a lawsuit allow you to learn more about your ancestors if you are interested in genealogy or even help you establish that there are no liens on a property you are interested in purchasing. CIA's Electronic Reading Room is a great resource for it allows you to take a glance at CIA public divorce records. Another useful site is the Lexis-Nexis. This free public divorce records search database is a wonderful source for archive stories, state government divorce records and civil court divorce records. These are just among the many useful resources that you can use. Massive Government Public Records at marriage records