Ten years ago, the Brabant Historisch Informatie Centrum and Regionaal Archief Tilburg started a chat service to help their online visitors. The archives have joined forces and now staff the chat service together. The service is very popular and has answered over 30,000 questions about the archival collections, searching for ancestors from Noord-Brabant, and other research questions.
The people behind the chat service. Photo taken at BHIC. Credits: William van der Voort, used with permissionÂ
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of this wonderful service, the archives are holding a 24-hour chat marathon. The chat marathon will start on Thursday 20 February 2020 at 10 AM (Netherlands time, UTC+1) will end on Friday 21 February at 10 AM. Night time (in the Netherlands) will probably be slow, so it would be great if some international visitors from different time zones could drop by.
So if you have any questions about doing research in Noord-Brabant, feel free to stop by either of these websites to ask your questions. You can ask your questions in Dutch or English.
- Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (chat in top right corner)
- Regionaal Archief Tilburg (chat via menu)
If this day does not work for you, you can try another time. The chat service is available on weekdays during the day and evening (10 AM-4 PM, 7-9 PM, UTC+1).
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