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Home - Stadsarchief Amsterdam

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## Amsterdam City Archives: Gateway to Historical Research and Genealogy The Amsterdam City Archives (Archief Amsterdam) serves as the official repository and digital gateway to centuries of Amsterdam's documented history. This comprehensive archive platform is primarily designed to facilitate historical, genealogical, scientific, and statistical research by providing access to an extensive collection of municipal records, documents, and visual materials that chronicle the city's rich past. The website prominently features a privacy policy notice regarding personal data, emphasizing that information about potentially living individuals may only be used for legitimate research purposes including historical studies, genealogical research, and academic investigations. This reflects the archive's commitment to balancing public access to historical records with contemporary privacy protections, particularly important given Amsterdam's detailed record-keeping traditions that span several centuries. The platform offers multiple specialized search categories tailored to different research needs: "Inventarissen" (Inventories) for systematic collections of archived materials, "Indexen" (Indexes) for organized reference tools, "Beeldbank" (Image Bank) containing visual historical documentation, "Bouwdossiers" (Building Files) with construction and architectural records, and "Transkribus" for digitized manuscript transcriptions. This structure indicates the archive's sophisticated approach to organizing diverse historical materials, from administrative documents to photographs and architectural plans. The target audience consists primarily of historians, genealogists, urban researchers, and citizens interested in tracing family histories or studying Amsterdam's development. The integration of modern digital tools like Transkribus for manuscript transcription demonstrates the archive's commitment to making historical documents more accessible through technology, while maintaining scholarly standards for research use. This represents a significant resource for understanding Amsterdam's evolution from a medieval trading city to a modern European capital.

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Home - Stadsarchief Amsterdam. (2025, 11 22). archief.amsterdam. https://archief.amsterdam/

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Domain archief.amsterdam
File Size 1098 KB
Archived 2025-11-22T11:22:50.012410
Document ID #64
Languages 5 available