At the 84th German Archive Day in Magdeburg, Archive Portal-D was opened to the public on September 24th. The Internet at www. archivportal-d.de freely accessible portal enables extensive and free research in Germany's archives. Archive visits and research trips are thus easier to plan and can be made more efficient.
Shortly after launching the portal, users can already access over 5 million data records from more than 25 participating archives. In addition, general information about another 400 facilities is available. The great interest of numerous archives to provide new content for the portal suggests a rapidly growing database.
The Archivportal-D contains online finding aids from a wide variety of archive sectors. You can search for state or local traditions as well as church and business archives - as well as for location and person references, periods of origin or previous provenances, ie the origin of the archive material.