I have just received the death certificate of one of my family and the cause of death was described as a Visitation of God. I assume this means that they had no clue as to how she died. Is there any one who would be willing to look up the inquest for me in the local papers? The inquest was held on 25th February 1875 by the Deputy Coroner for the Queen's Honour of Angleshill? (I think) in Bucks and Beds. There is a lot of writing squashed in a small box and it is difficult to read. The deceased was Jemima Dimmock of Stewkley. Thank you very much if anyone can help. Jane

In message <003501c5350e$af3186c0$9525bd50@pbncomputer>, Jane Greenfield <jane.greenfield@care4free.net> writes >I have just received the death certificate of one of my family and the cause of >death was described as a Visitation of God. > >I assume this means that they had no clue as to how she died. Usually apoplexy or possibly a sudden heart attack. Anyway, she died suddenly and probably unexpectedly, which is why there would have been an inquest, since she is unlikely to have been attended by a doctor recently. However, as it is patently 'natural causes', the inquest report may say nothing much more than that, unless the location was unusual. (One local lady died on the privy, where she had gone one morning, and it only made the newspaper because her husband was bedridden and nearly starved before he was able to attract anyone's attention.) The Leighton Buzzard Observer will probably carry what report there is, so over to Barbara. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society