Barbara and David, Thank your for responding. My mistake - bad example. I should have used St Anne's - I think one of my search hits had St Anne's, Sefton. Best, W W -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 6/27/14, Barbara Harvey <barbara@marcusstafford.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Merseyside and Sefton To: "eng-liv" <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 27, 2014, 8:12 AM I live in Sefton--the only St James I know of in this area is in Bootle. A google search will probably give you details. Barbara in Liverpool On 27 June 2014 01:52, David Armstrong <davidrli@iinet.net.au> wrote: > At the time in question, Sefton (also spelled Sephton) was a parish in the > County of Lancashire.  St James would have been the dedication of the > church in which the wedding took place.  A Marriage Certificate will state > whether or not the marriage was in the jurisdiction of Liverpool. > > < http://www.genuki.com/big/eng/LAN/Sefton/ > > > (Genuki is a good site to answer this sort of question). > > As Liverpool has grown, it has absorbed surrounding parishes and now > Sefton is a Metropolitan Borough in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside > created in 1974. > > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefton,_Merseyside > > > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside > > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > >   ----- Original Message ----- >   From: Fontaine Wiatt >   To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com >   Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 11:04 PM >   Subject: [ENG-LIV] Merseyside and Sefton > > > >   Good afternoon. > > >   Can someone tell me - In the date range of about 1885-1910: > >   Were the communities of Merseyside and Sefton, neighborhoods of > Liverpool proper, or were they separate from Liverpool ? > >   If a couple were married at St James in Sefton, is it more accurate to > list it as St James, Sefton, Lancashire; or St James, Sefton, Liverpool, > Lancashire; or something else ? > > >   I really can’t find a clear answer. > > >   Thank you, > >   W W > > > >   ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > >   Admin Message - List guidelines: >   http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > >   The list admin can be contacted at >   Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > >   Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No > fees! >   ------------------------------- >   To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No > fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com  Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message