Hungary, Funeral Notices, 1840-1990
Images of printed funeral notices with details on deceased persons collected by the National Library of Hungary, Budapest. Approximately 30% of this content covers the city of Budapest. The remaining content covers surrounding areas.
Hungary, Funeral Notices
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What is in This Collection?
This collection contains index & images of printed funeral notices gathered by the National Library of Hungary. About 30% of the records pertain to Budapest and the rest are from other places in Hungary. The collection includes approximately 459,000 individual cards printed in a variety of styles, sometimes on colored paper and generally with a black border. A small percentage are handwritten on printed forms. These records are in Hungarian. The cards are arranged alphabetically by family name and then by given name.
Notices were printed and distributed to family members and friends. Over time they were either collected by someone and donated to the National Szechenyi Library in Budapest or were collected by the Library itself.
These notices represent only a fraction of Hungarians who died during the inclusive years, primarily those from well-to-do, middle-class families and lesser nobility. Some of these notices are from areas no longer in Hungary (Slovakia, Croatia, Romania). There are approximately 459,000 people represented in these cards.
For an alphabetical list of records currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.
Notices were used to notify family and friends of a death and also served as an invitation to attend the funeral sermon. Generally, these were composed from information provided by close family members. Therefore, the information is fairly reliable.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Hungarian, German, and French. For help in reading these records see the following guides:
- Hungary Genealogical Word List
- Hungary Language and Languages
- German Language and Languages
- German Genealogical Word List
- Germany Handwriting
- France Language and Languages
- French Genealogical Word List
- French Handwriting
- Script Tutorial for French
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To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Hungary Funeral Notices, 1840-1990. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Full name of deceased
- Age of deceased
- Date and place of death
- Major accomplishments of deceased
- Funeral and burial details
- Memorial service details
- Date and place of publication of death notice
Collection Content
Sample Image
Funeral Notice 1935
Collection Details
Language
Hungarian, German
Location of Original Records
National Széchényi Library (Bibliothek National Széchényi, Budapest)
"Hungary, Funeral Notices, 1840-1990." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 4 November 2025. Citing Bibliothek National Széchényi, Budapest (National Széchényi Library, Budapest).
