I am trying to locate records for Henry Dowdall in Chester. I have a newspaper obituary of his death in 1748. Henry Dowdall was the Recorder of Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland in 1689. I just learned that Civil Registration started in 1837. Is anyone on the list familiar with some type of records I could search for Chester in the mid 1700s? I don't have an address in Chester. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Margaret K.