I have a few of these cards myself from Cincinnati, Ohio. One of these cards had a picture of my ggrandmother, Josepha Merz, and gave me her full birth and death dates. The cards were about the size of a bookmark. I wish I had kept more of these over the years as they contain very useful information. I always just called them funeral cards, since they were handed out at the funeral home. Ceal Merz Wutka Atlanta ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Probst" <stefan.probst@opticom.v-nam.net> To: <BAVARIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 0629 AM Subject: [BAVARIA] Sterbebildchen > 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 > > > ==== BAVARIA Mailing List ==== > Sister or Brother, > Can you spare $10 dollars to support Rootsweb? > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html#personal >