Well said Janet I stick to all the ancient boundaries. The changes are only for administrative counties. As to Humberside it has just been suggested on Facebook that the police should change that name and a campaign has started for this to happen. As to the post office they are not interested in the county name only the post code. Posting a letter in say Cottingham will get a Sheffield post mark -----Original Message----- From: "Janet Peacock via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: ‎31/‎03/‎2016 11:05 To: "Peter J Richardson" <pjrich.ntl@googlemail.com>; "yorksgen@rootsweb.com" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Sculcoates What do you mean, Peter, by 'after the Ridings disappeared'? They have not disappeared. As you point out, 'South Yorkshire' is classed as a metropolitan county &, to many people this causes frustration ---- not only from a genealogical point of view, but in modern day activities, too. As, of course, does the use of the much hated 'Humberside' which only exists for Police etc., though the Post Office still clings to it 20 years after its abolition! Janet -----Original Message----- From: Peter J Richardson via Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 8:25 AM To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Sculcoates Hello Kathryne, I try to record the information that was correct at the time that the event was recorded. My great great great grandfather married there in 1816 and I have recorded it as being Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding. If I had an event to record after the Ridings disappeared that would mean that Sculcoates would be recorded non-uniformally. Another example that occurs in my family is some of the areas of southern Sheffield. Back in the 1840s they were in Derbyshire, then they became part of Yorkshire West Riding, then the metropolitan country of South Yorkshire. I would try to use the one that was relevant to the event being recorded. Regards Peter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message