Flensburg, Germany, Marriage Index Cards, 1874-1940

Flensburg, Deutschland, Heiratskarteikarten 1874-1940

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Flensburg, Germany, Marriage Index Cards, 1874-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Flensburg, Germany, Marriage Index Cards, 1874–1940 Karteikarten zu dem Personenstandregistern Heirat. Stadtarchiv Flensburg, Flensburg, Deutschland.

About Flensburg, Germany, Marriage Index Cards, 1874-1940

About the Flensburg Marriage Index Cards, 1933-1940

General collection information

This collection consists of index cards that have information about marriages that occurred in Flensburg, Germany, between 1933 and 1940. 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 married couple, but they don't have names of other family members.

Using this collection

Records in this collection may include the following information:

  • Name
  • Name of spouse
  • Marriage date
  • Place of residence

    • The index cards in this collection can be used to verify when your ancestor was married 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:

  • Ehe is German for "marriage."
  • Ehefrau is German for "wife."
  • Ehemann is German for "husband."
  • Staatsangehörigkeit is German for "citizenship."
  • Familienname is German for "family name."
  • Vornamen is German for "first name."
  • Wohnort is German for "place of residence."
  • Tag der eheichliekung is German for "day of marriage."

    • 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 They are primary historical documents that are housed at the Flensburg City Archives.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 19, 2022. https://www.flensburg.de/Kultur-Bildung/Kultureinrichtungen/Stadtarchiv/.