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Description
A prayer card ('memorial card' or 'death card') is a small card that is often issued as a memento in the event of the death of a loved one. It finds its origin within the Catholic Church.
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Sources
The prayer cards of the following sources can be searched here:
- Heemkundevereniging Roerstreek
- Rijckheyt, center for regional history
- Regional Archive Tilburg
- Local society Weerderheem
- Municipal archives of Venlo
- Private picture collections
- Archive RK Friesland
- Dutch Prayer Cards Archives
- Municipal Archive Kerkrade
- Heemkundekring De Driehornick
- Municipal archive Venray
- West Brabant Archives
- Historical Association Tweestromenland
- Heemkundekring Paulus van Daesdonck
- Heemkring Molenheide
- Tongerlohuys Heritage Center Foundation
- Heemkundekring Vehchele
- Local history circle Rosmalen
- Heemkundekring De Vrijheijt van Rosendale
- Heritage association Dye van Best
- Heritage Lommel
- Local history circle Nistelvorst
- Museum Greccio
- Heemkundekring Jan uten Houte
- Heemkundekring De Kommanderij Gemert
- Local history circle De Plaets
- Local History Circle The Three Glories
- Genealogical Center Zeeland
- Regional archive Langstraat Heusden Altena
- Historical Circle Heemskerk
- Heemkundekring Zevenbergen
- Heemkring Glatbeke
- Heemkundekring de Heerlijkheid Oirschot
- Heemkundige Kring De Oude Vrijheid
- Local history circle Op de Beek
- HKK De Elf Rotten
- Local history circle Amalia van Solms
- Historical Circle Ursem
- Zeelst Foundation Writes History
- Waalres Heritage
- Oud Zoeterwoude Foundation
- Heemkundereniging Medelo
- Local History Working Group Nuwelant
- Heemkundekring Het Land van Gastel
- Heemkundekring Schijndel
- Heemkundevereniging Op die Dunghen
- Local history Working group Reusel
- Local history Boxtel
- The Old Shoe Box Foundation
- Local history association Berchs-Heem Berghem
- Heemkundekring Zeeland
- Local History Schaijk-Reek
- Local history circle Carel de Roy
- Documentation center Maaseik
- Gennep Heritage Foundation
- Heemkundekring Loon op 't Sandt
- Municipal archive Zaanstad
- Princenhaags museum
- Noordwijkerhout From Then
- Oud Wervershoof Foundation
- Local history circle 't Hof van Liessent
- Heemkundekring De Heerlijckheijd Nispen
- Historical Society Oud-Akersloot
- Local History Circle Made and Drimmelen
- Vughts Museum
- Historical Association Oud Uitgeest
- Regional Archives Rivierenland
- Museum 't Oude Slot
Preview
Do you have prayer cards (or memorial cards, or death cards) in your own personal collection? These can easily be published on Open Archives! Add your prayer cards - the scans and the information - to Open Archives so that other researchers can also benefit from this.
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