Seacombe, Cheshire Genealogy

Guide to Seacombe, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
SEACOMBE, with Poolton, is a township, in the parish of Wallasey union, and Lower division of the hundred, of Wirral, in the Southern division of the county of Chester, it is ¾ of a mile W by N, by ferry, from Liverpool. A church, dedicated to St. Paul, was consecrated in 1847. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Church Records
Seacombe St Paul parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Chapelry of Seacombe Bishop's Transcripts: Cheshire Record Office: EDB 183

Non-Conformist Churches

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
 * Baptists
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Roman Catholics
 * Welsh Calvinists
 * Welsh Presbyterian
 * Wesleyans

Non-Conformists records:
 * 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Burials) 17th Century-1910 at FindMyPast ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)
 * 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

Here is a list of records on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Church records for the Brighton Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel: Cheshire Record Office call no.: EMS 120/13/1-6

Church records for the Poulton Road Primitive Methodist Chapel: Cheshire Record Office call no.: EMS 127/6/1-3120/13/1-6

Church records for the St. Paul's Road United Methodist Free Chapel: Cheshire Record Office call no.: EMS 123/1.

Church records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church: Cheshire Record Office call no.: ERC 26/5472/1-10, 12.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:


 * FreeBMD
 * Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

 * Wirral (1837-1861)
 * Birkenhead (1861-1912)

Poor Law

 * Wirral

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

See also England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Seacombe on GENUKI

Wallasey on GENUKI