This dataset is included in the NDE Dataset Register
What data are there in this dataset?
The open data consists of the metadata of 4,030,666 historical documents from Regional Archive Tilburg, containing 6,810,923 historical personal references. The pie chart shows the number of person entries per source type.
How can the dataset be downloaded?
Harvesting (A2A/XML)
The Regional Archive Tilburg historical document metadata dataset is provided as an OAI-PMH metadata feed. This feed is an implementation of an OAI-PMH data provider, based on OAI-PMH 2.0. The metadata is structured according to the Archives 2 All (A2A) model.
The URLs to harvests this dataset (set = rat):
Download (A2A/XML)
The dataset can be downloaded in A2A / XML format as a compressed file (.tar.gz):
- DownloadThis file with 4,030,666 records is created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 11 GB (uncompressed) / 934 MB (compressed).
Download (linked data in 'a2a vocabulaire')
The dataset can be downloaded in N-triples format as a compressed file (.ttl.gz.):
- DownloadThis file was created on August 23, 2026 and has a file size of 2 GB (compressed).
Download (CSV)
The dataset can be downloaded in parts in CSV format as a compressed file (.csv.gz):
- DownloadFile with data of source type Population registers. This file with 1,899,042 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 983 MB (uncompressed) / 135 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Births. This file with 311,961 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 196 MB (uncompressed) / 21 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages. This file with 103,249 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 90 MB (uncompressed) / 12 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Deaths. This file with 323,439 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 229 MB (uncompressed) / 23 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Funerals . This file with 189,652 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 142 MB (uncompressed) / 13 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Baptisms. This file with 281,620 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 205 MB (uncompressed) / 21 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Marriages (church). This file with 78,716 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 63 MB (uncompressed) / 7 MB (compressed).
- DownloadFile with data of source type Notarial archives. This file with 108,902 lines was created on August 23, 2026, the file size is 56 MB (uncompressed) / 3 MB (compressed).
License
This dataset is offered by Open Archives under a Creative Commons 0 license (Public Domain Dedication). This means that you can copy, modify, distribute and execute the work, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission. It is appreciated if you contact Open Archives if you use this dataset, maybe we can do even more for each other!
The dataset can contain URLs to images and images of third-party viewers, the CC0-license does not apply to those items! Check the website of the relevant archive which license is linked to that material.
For questions and comments about this dataset, please contact Open Archives.
Datasetbeschrijving in JSON-LD
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