I have a copy of an obit from Germany. They looked more like a regular newspaper ad. Black blocking around them with the name of the desceased centered: Gustav Adolf Ficker the date of birth: *22.3.1875 is below on the left date of death: +14.11.1937 is on the same line to the right. There is then a very small write-up: Unser lieber Vater ist nach vier Wochen unserer lieben Mutter nachgefolgt. Sein Leben war Arveit und Sorge. In unseren herzen hat er seinen Platz neben unserer mutter gefunden. This then appears to the right hand side: Familie Max Ficker familie Arno Otto Edeltraut Hering Following this is where the service or reception would be: Chemnitz, am 15. November 1937. Bahnhofsrestaurant chemnitz-Reichenhain. Die Enascherung findet am Bubtag, dem 17. november 1937, 13,30 Uhr im Krematorium statt. This is just what I have. I haven't but it on my website yet, and do not know if it is common. Pam Zaleschuk, Guelph, Ontario Canada --- [email protected] wrote: > Hi, list, > Back to German stuff, okay? I wonder if there > is/was such a thing as > newspaper obituaries in Germany?? I have a > couple ancestorial cousins who > died in the 1920's & 1930's in Germany--in the > former E. part, between > Magdeburg and Stendal. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/