Databases

openarchieven.nl

Searches and retrieves genealogical records, including births and deaths, from the Open Archives dataset.

1 endpoint22 known toolsFirst detected May 29, 2026Last detected September 6, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://mcp.openarchieven.nl

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: openarchieven
Version: 1.1.1

Capabilities

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Known tools 22

search_records

Search genealogical records Searches the genealogical dataset and returns found persons and records.

Inferred read-only

show_record

Show a single genealogical record Returns one specific genealogical record in JSON format (UTF-8).

Inferred read-only

match_record

Match a person to birth and death records Searches the genealogical dataset by exact name and birth year and returns the Open Archives URIs of birth records, death records and registrations in which the person is mentioned.

Inferred read-only

get_births_years_ago

List births that occurred a specified number of years ago Returns a list of birth records for people born exactly the specified number of years ago from today.

Inferred read-only

get_births

Finds birth records

Inferred read-only

get_deaths

Finds death records

Inferred read-only

get_marriages

Finds marriage records of couples (bride or groom)

Inferred read-only

get_archives

List all archives with statistics Returns an array of all participating archives including their archive code (used in other API calls), name, homepage URL, Twitter handle, ISIL code and search URL on Open Archives.

Inferred read-only

get_record_stats

Record count statistics per archive Returns record count statistics.

Inferred read-only

get_source_type_stats

Record count statistics per source type Returns statistics about source types.

Inferred read-only

get_event_type_stats

Record count statistics per event type Returns statistics about event types.

Inferred read-only

get_comment_stats

Comment count statistics Returns the total number of validated comments made on records.

Inferred read-only

get_family_name_stats

Family name frequency statistics Returns the number of times family names appear in events for the selected source types, place and period.

Inferred read-only

get_first_name_stats

First name frequency statistics for a given place and year Returns the top-X list of first names in the specified place and year.

Inferred read-only

get_profession_stats

Profession frequency statistics Returns the number of times professions appear in records for the selected period and place.

Inferred read-only

get_breakdown

Cross-tabulation aggregation grouped by one dimension Returns record counts filtered by any combination of archive, source type, event type, event place and year range, grouped by ONE chosen dimension (archive, sourcetype, eventtype, place or year).

Inferred read-only

get_historical_weather

Historical weather measurements for a date and location Returns historical weather measurements from the nearest Dutch weather station for the specified date and coordinates.

Inferred read-only

get_census_data

Dutch census data for a place and year Retrieves census data for a Dutch place or municipality for the census year nearest to the specified year.

Inferred read-only

search_transcriptions

Full-text search across page transcriptions Performs a full-text search across the page transcriptions of historical documents indexed by Open Archives.

Inferred read-only

browse_transcriptions

Browse transcriptions hierarchically Returns a hierarchical browse of available page transcriptions.

Inferred read-only

show_transcription

Retrieve a single transcription Returns the full transcript of a single page along with its source citation.

Inferred read-only

view_transcription

Open one or more transcribed document pages in an interactive deep-zoom viewer with the transcription text alongside.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.openarchieven]
url = "https://mcp.openarchieven.nl"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openarchieven": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openarchieven.nl"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: openarchieven
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.openarchieven.nl

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openarchieven": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openarchieven.nl"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "openarchieven": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openarchieven.nl"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "openarchieven",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.openarchieven.nl"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for openarchieven.nl was fetched 2026-08-04T17:11:32.592Z and is being refreshed.

Trust status Trusted

openarchieven.nl is assessed as Trusted: Domain has an established technology history spanning over a year.

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.