---
title: "Show a single genealogical record"
method: GET
path: "/records/show.json"
tags: ["Records"]
---

# Show a single genealogical record

`GET /records/show.json`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1`
- URL: `https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1/records/show.json`
- Auth: none declared

Returns one specific genealogical record in JSON format (UTF-8). The response conforms to the Archive 2 All (A2A) model. Also available as XML, GEDCOM, Turtle (TTL) and N-Triples (NT) by changing the file extension in the URL. Note: version 1.1 features improved JSON/XML output and adds N-Triples and Turtle formats.

## Query parameters

- `archive` string, required
- `identifier` string, uuid, required
- `lang` 'nl' | 'en'
- `callback` string

## Response `200`

A2A model record in JSON format

- A2ARecord: A genealogical record in the Archive 2 All (A2A) model format. Field order may differ from the XSD due to hash-based serialisation.
  - `Person` object[]
    - `@pid` string
    - `PersonName` object
      - `PersonNameFirstName` string
      - `PersonNamePrefixLastName` string
      - `PersonNameLastName` string
    - `Age` object
      - `PersonAgeLiteral` string
    - `BirthPlace` object
      - `Place` string
    - `Profession` string
  - `Event` object
    - `@eid` string
    - `EventType` string
    - `EventDate` object
      - `LiteralDate` string
      - `Year` string
      - `Month` string
      - `Day` string
    - `EventPlace` object
      - `Place` string
  - `RelationEP` object[]
    - `PersonKeyRef` string
    - `EventKeyRef` string
    - `RelationType` string
  - `Source` object
    - `SourceType` string
    - `SourcePlace` object
      - `Country` string
      - `Place` string
    - `SourceDate` object
      - `LiteralDate` string
      - `Year` string
      - `Month` string
      - `Day` string
    - `SourceIndexDate` object
      - `From` string, date
      - `To` string, date
    - `SourceReference` object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `429`: Too Many Requests — rate limit of 4 requests per second per IP exceeded.

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