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If the information you find on Open Archives, is useful for your research, you can download it in PDF and GEDCOM format.

GEDCOM files can be imported into your family tree program. This way you do not need to type all the information in your family tree program.

Note: the files do not contain the scanned images!

In order to make use of this functionality, you need to have a subscription.

The records you encounter on Open Archives and which are useful for your research, can be added to your list of favorite records. You can sort this list and when you search you will see immediately which records are already on your list of favorite records.

Favorite records can be downloaded in PDF format (ideal for printing) and GEDCOM format (ideal for importing into your family tree).

To use this feature, you need to login first.

Did you know that you can navigate through the document pages into other search results?

If you ended up with a historical document of Open Archives using the search function, you can, if your search had several results, simply navigate to the next search result. You do not need to go back to the search list or search again. Top right of the page, you can navigate to the following buttons:

 Previous result & Next result