Search the genealogical data of Dutch and Belgian archives and societies

and automatically find linked records and additional information about people and context





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Explore the contents of Open Archives (archives, source types & places)
Explore the most common family names, places & professions

Examples of how to use the search function of Open Archives:
  • Kriek - search for people with the name Kriek
  • Frederik van Kan - search for persons with nameparts Frederik, Van and Kan
  • "Eduard de Jonge" - search (exact) for persons named Eduard de Jong
  • Kool & Blokland - search for persons with namepart Kool related to persons with namepart Blokland (= search 2 persons)
  • K*sper - search for persons with nameparts Kysper, Kijsper, Keijsper, etc. (= search with wildcard)
  • Groot 1822 - search for persons with namepart Groot related to an event in 1822
  • Dijkstra 1905-1910 - search for persons with namepart Dijkstra related to an event in the period 1905 to 1910
  • Rodenburg -Catharina - search for persons with namepart Rodenburg and not namepart Catharina
  • Wiggers $ - search for persons with namepart Wiggers related to a scanned record
  • ~Doek - search for persons with namepart sounding like Doek
  • >Vincent - search for persons with surname Vincent
  • %directeur - search for persons who were director (directeur) by profession
You can filter the search results by source type, location, role and years.

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