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[https://www.openarch.nl/ '''Open Archives'''] is a free website for finding genealogical records in the Netherlands and | [https://www.openarch.nl/ '''Open Archives'''] is a free website for finding genealogical records in the Netherlands, Belgium and France, developed by [https://genealogie.coret.org/en/ Bob Coret]. It consists primarily of [[Netherlands Civil Registration|civil registration]], [[Netherlands Church Records|church records]] and [[Netherlands Population Registers|population registers]], though many other record types are also included. It's main rival is [[WieWasWie]]. | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
Open Archives is a portal and aggregator of open historical data. By re-using open data from archives and | Open Archives is a portal and aggregator of open historical data. By re-using open data from archives, researchers and historical societies Open Archives makes an portal which makes historical data from indexed sources available to end users in a user-friendly and innovative way. The innovation is especially evident with the automatic linking to other records, people in other data sources and additional context information. | ||
Open data | Open data stimulates innovation! With this in mind, all data within Open Archives is also provided in an unambiguous manner as open data via an API and OAI-PMH data provider so that other developers can get to work. This makes Open Archives an aggregator of open historical data. | ||
*Information from | *Information from 140 archives and societies about 277 million (non-unique) persons, from records like civil and church registries, currently mostly from the Netherlands and increasingly from Belgium and France | ||
*Many records linked to scans at archives, or other websites like FamilySearch | *Many records linked to scans at archives, or other websites like FamilySearch | ||
*Records linked to other records about persons involved | |||
*Records linked to online biographies, online gravestone websites and online familytrees | *Records linked to online biographies, online gravestone websites and online familytrees | ||
*Added context information from historical weather stations, census and historical maps | *Added context information from historical weather stations, census and historical maps | ||
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==Guidance== | ==Guidance== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/1318 '''OpenArch.nl Website: Four Lessons'''] | ||
[[Category:Netherlands Online Research Sites]] | [[Category:Netherlands Online Research Sites]] | ||
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