Flensburg, Germany, Death Index Cards, 1874-1990

Flensburg, Deutschland, Sterbekarteikarten, 1874-1990

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Flensburg, Germany, Death Index Cards, 1874-1990 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data:

Karteikarten zu dem Personenstandregistern Tod. Index cards. Stadtarchiv Flensburg, Flensburg, Deutschland.

About Flensburg, Germany, Death Index Cards, 1874-1990

About the Flensburg Death Index Cards, 1983-1990

General collection information

This collection consists of index cards that have information about deaths that occurred in Flensburg, Germany, between 1983 and 1990. Flensburg is an independent city situated at the tip of the Flensburg Fjord, near the Danish border, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The collection includes digital images of the index cards that are written in German. The index cards have information about the deceased person, but they don't have names of other family members.

Using this collection

Records in this collection may include the following information:

  • Name
  • Death date
  • Birth date
  • Occupation
  • Age
  • Cross reference to civil register

    • The index cards in this collection can be used to verify when your ancestor died in Flensburg. Some cards include spaces to indicate the religion and citizenship of the person of record, but the information may not be recorded on all cards.

    Here are some German words that may be helpful in reading the index cards:

  • Sterbetag is German for "death day."
  • Geburtstag is German for "birthday."
  • Stand oder Beruf is German for "standing or profession."
  • Staatsangehörigkeit is German for "citizenship."
  • Familienname is German for "family name."
  • Vornamen is German for "first name."

    • Collection in context

    The index cards were created by officials working for the city of Flensburg, Germany. They are primary historical documents that are housed at the Flensburg City Archives.

    Beginning on October 1, 1874, local registry offices were made responsible for creating birth, marriage, and death records. Index cards were later created to serve as reference aids to the records in the registry offices.

    Bibliography

    Flensburg.de. "City Archives." Accessed September 22, 2022. https://www.flensburg.de/Kultur-Bildung/Kultureinrichtungen/Stadtarchiv/.