Hungary Obituaries

Hungary Funeral Notices 1840-1990 are now available online through the FamilySearch.org.


 * used to notify family and friends of a death and served also as an invitation to attend funeral sermon
 * somewhat vary in the information provided
 * represent only a fraction of Hungarians who died during the inclusive years, there are approximately 459,000 people represented in these cards
 * the earliest notice is from the year 1803 and the latest notices are just a few years old
 * not just from the area of Budapest, but all parts of the historical Kingdom of Hungary are fairly represented, including Slovakia, Croatia and Romania
 * while some are in Hungarian, many are in German, Croatian, Romanian, Slovak, with some French and Italian
 * sometimes written in 2 languages, and there are also some, that are printed both in the Roman and in the Cyrilic alphabet

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:


 * Hungary, Budapest Funeral Notices - FamilySearch Historical Records