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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:
  • Bastiaansen - search for persons with namepart Bastiaansen
  • Johannes van Kan - search for persons with nameparts Johannes, 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)
  • Engelhard 1822 - search for persons with namepart Engelhard related to an event in 1822
  • Robijn 1905-1910 - search for persons with namepart Robijn 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
  • ~Zoodsma - search for persons with namepart sounding like Zoodsma
  • >Bert - search for persons with surname Bert
  • %directeur - search for persons who were director (directeur) by profession
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