Hi, I visited the LDS Family History Centre in Cheltenham yesterday but did not have any success tracing the birth of my greatgrandfather. They have some birth records for Ireland starting from about 1854 and were unable to tell me if the earlier records exist. The 1881 and 1891 census returns for Essex suggest he was born in 1847 or 1848, and the family names ( William,Frederick, Alexander ) indicate that they were probably not Catholics. Does anyone know if these records exist and who holds them? Many thanks, David Chapman, Stroud, UK.