Hello All, in Bavaria it is usual to print so-called "Sterbe-bildchen" when somebody has died and hand them out e.g. during the funeral. I have here copies of such Sterbe-bildchen from 1897 on. I don't know, when this habit started, and whether it would be a useful source for genealogical data. The Sterbe-bildchen are small enough that they fit into a prayer book and contain, besides the name and the death date, all or some of the following data: - profession - birthdate and place - maybe a photograph - a hint about the reason of the death (e.g. "after long illness") They start with something like "To pious commemoration of Ms.....", followed by the a.m. data and then some prayers. I checked my dictionaries here, but didn't find something suitable. How is / or would be something like this called in English? Regards, Stefan