Dataset genealogical metadata Archives Ghent via Open Archives

The open data consists of metadata from 361,159 records of Archives Ghent, with 467.281 historical person observations. The source types included births, marriages, deaths. This dataset can be searched via https://www.openarchieven.nl/gnt

Spatial Coverage
https://sws.geonames.org/2802361/, https://sws.geonames.org/3337388/
Temporal Coverage
1806 – 1973
Languages
Dutch
About
https://terms.personsincontext.org/ThesaurusHistorischePersoonsgegevens/551, https://terms.personsincontext.org/ThesaurusHistorischePersoonsgegevens/552, https://terms.personsincontext.org/ThesaurusHistorischePersoonsgegevens/553
Issued
January 17, 2024
Modified
April 18, 2026

Linked Data Summary

19,680,042
Triples
37
Unique predicates
2,841,811
Unique objects
43%
57%
Literals: 1,213,857
URIs: 1,627,954

Classes

Class
Entities
openarch.nl/…f/a2a#Person
460,050
20%
openarch.nl/…a#RelationEP
460,050
20%
openarch.nl/def/a2a#Event
353,924
15%
openarch.nl/…f/a2a#Record
353,924
15%
openarch.nl/…f/a2a#Source
353,924
15%
openarch.nl/…ailableScans
322,864
14%

Properties

Property
Entities
rdfs:label
3,856,728
60%
openarch.nl/def/a2a#Place
707,848
11%
openarch.nl/…#EventKeyRef
460,050
7%
openarch.nl/…PersonKeyRef
460,050
7%
openarch.nl/…a#PersonName
460,050
7%
openarch.nl/…RelationType
460,050
7%

Value Types

Value Type
Triples
xsd:string
5,240,833
64%
openarch.nl/…f/a2a#Person
920,100
11%
openarch.nl/def/a2a#Event
813,974
10%
openarch.nl/…a#RelationEP
460,050
6%
openarch.nl/…f/a2a#Source
353,924
4%
xsd:date
353,924
4%

Registration

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