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

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Examples of how to use the search function of Open Archives:
  • Choenni - search for people with the name Choenni
  • Helena Maria van der Sommen - search for people with the name parts Helena, Maria, Van, Der and Sommen
  • "Petrus Links" - search (exactly) for people named Petrus Links
  • Rodenburg & Groot - Search for persons with name part Rodenburg related to persons with name part Groot = search for two people
  • K*sper - search for persons with the name parts Kysper, Kijsper, Keijsper, etc. = wildcard search (* and ?)
  • Luscombe 1934 - search for persons with name part Luscombe related to an event in 1934
  • Dijkstra 1905-1910 - search for persons with namepart Dijkstra related to an event in the period 1905 to 1910
  • Doek -Aaltje - search for people with the name part Doek and not the name part Aaltje
  • Wiggers $ - search for persons with namepart Wiggers related to a scanned record
  • ~Orbon - search for persons with name part that sounds like Orbon = phonetic search
  • >Robijn - search for people with Robijn as a last name
  • %directeur - search for persons who were director (directeur) by profession
You can filter the search results by source type, location, role and years or use the advanced search.

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Hint: use filters to search

If you get many results, you can refine your search by applying filters. In the light green bar that describes your search condition, you will find the button Refine search using filters 

Clicking this button will take you to the filters that are listed below the search results. Using the filters you can refine your search by source type, location, role and years.

The most common elements are always displayed in the search results (the number is listed under the element). Click the More … button to get the complete list of features that you can use as a filter.