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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,912 Send Message	Sue	Report	19 Aug 2008 23:54
	What does 'visitation' mean on the registers dated during 1700 and 1800s?. Also I have family that dies at 2 days, six weeks etc., but one just says 'infant'? Thanks Sue
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 1,110 Send Message	Jayne	Report	20 Aug 2008 00:28
	VISITATION - A formal visit by one in authority for enforcement of law. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemo-synary corporations. The visitation of civil corporations is by the government itself, through the medium of the courts of justice.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 6,912 Send Message	Sue	Report	20 Aug 2008 00:44
	Thanks Jayne, Does that mean the church's affairs were examined? Sue
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	20 Aug 2008 02:03
	The parish church's affairs would be examined periodically by the bishop (or, equivalently, the diocese).