Hi Lyn, I also have an ancestor who was born in Hinckley around 1800. I believe mine may have had Baptist parents and I have searched the Baptist records, which are on microfilm in Hinckley library, amongst other places. I have come to the conclusion that either the Hinckley Baptists did not record births at that time, or the records have not survived. There is a Register of Births, but it is clear from the entries that they have been recorded after the event (perhaps many years), since whole families are recorded consecutively, even though the births took place over 10 - 20 years in some cases. I think my chap is missing because by the time they decided to record births, he had moved away from the area. By the 1820's or so, the Baptist records get much better. If your ancestor was Anglican, he should appear in the Hinckley Parish Registers. Best wishes, Mike Gould -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn L Sent: 11 March 2008 11:38 To: LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] Looking for Hinckley birth record Hello I Live in Shropshire, and I am looking to get a birth date and details of a William Eyre, who on later census records puts his birth place as Leicester. We know he married Mary Mason in 1824. We also know he had a sister Hannah, but I can't find a record of a Hannah Eyre born in Leicester on the IGI. He died in 1874 and he left a will, which mentions his sister Hannah. Of all the birth records I have searched around 1800 +/- several years I can find none for William Eyre in Leicester. Does Hinckley get listed as Leicester or does it have it's own separate records? Thanks in advance. Lyn Langford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message