Austria Funeral Records

Austria

Funeral sermon collections (Leichenpredigten- und Totenzettel-Sammlungen)
Research use: Provides  linkage, as deaths are often difficult to identify in church records.

Record type: Collections of funeral sermon summary sheets and death notices.

Time Period: 1518-present.

Contents: Names of deceased, relationships, birth, marriage and death dates, places of death or residence, occupations, family members. Funeral sermon collections are popular in Protestant areas, while death notices were generally a catholic phenomenon.

Location: City and state archives; some in private archives.

Population coverage: 10%. Compiled for selected individuals and locations.