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genealogy-research (Claude Skill) — Instalar & Demo en vivo

Por qué usarlo

Características clave

GPS evidence levels: Proven / Probable / Possible / Unproven
80+ database references across 15+ countries
Region-specific naming convention guides (Slavic, Germanic, Romance, Scandinavian)
Obsidian templates for People, Places, Documents, process tracking
Handles multi-language document analysis including handwritten scans

Demo en vivo

Cómo se ve en la práctica

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Instalación

Repositorio del autor · Documentación oficial de Skills de Claude

Casos de uso

Usos del mundo real: genealogy-research

Analyze a 19th-century parish record scan

👤 Family historians working through European parish books ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You have a scan in Latin / Cyrillic / German script and can't parse it alone.

Flujo

Share the scan

Using the genealogy-research skill — here's a parish record from 1847 Galicia. Transcribe and interpret.✓ Copiado

→ Line-by-line transcription with language notes, not guesswork
Record in the vault

Create an Obsidian note for this document using the Document template. Link to the People and Places.✓ Copiado

→ New note with proper frontmatter and cross-links
Plan follow-ups

What are the GPS-recommended next searches to corroborate this record?✓ Copiado

→ Specific databases + search parameters, not generic 'search ancestry.com'

Resultado: A documented artifact with evidence level + a research plan.

Errores comunes

Claude transliterates Slavic names inconsistently across notes — Pick a convention (the skill offers standard ones) and tell it to stick with that convention

Combinar con: filesystem

Document a negative search properly (a GPS requirement)

👤 Researchers past the beginner stage ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Cuándo usarlo: You couldn't find a record and need to note it correctly so future-you remembers.

Flujo

Record the search

genealogy-research — document a negative search: Łódź State Archive, 1898-1902 birth records, surname Kowalski. Couldn't find.✓ Copiado

→ Structured negative-search note per GPS standards
Suggest alternatives

What other record types could fill this gap?✓ Copiado

→ Specific alternatives (civil vs church, neighboring parishes, censuses)

Resultado: A proper negative-search record that makes your evidence base actually GPS-compliant.

Combinaciones

Combínalo con otros MCPs para multiplicar por 10

genealogy-research-skill + filesystem

Save and cross-link notes directly into your Obsidian vault

Create the People note for Anna Kowalski and save to ~/genealogy/People/.✓ Copiado

genealogy-research-skill + planning-with-files

Multi-year research projects — keep findings.md and progress.md across sessions

Use planning-with-files to track the Galicia line research across months.✓ Copiado

Herramientas

Lo que expone este MCP

Herramienta	Entradas	Cuándo llamar
transcribe_document	scan + language hint	New historical document lands in your vault
plan_search	research question + known facts	Before starting a new line of research
record_negative_search	what you looked for + where + when	Every failed search worth remembering
obsidian_template_apply	person / place / document + details	Adding an entity to your vault

Coste y límites

Lo que cuesta ejecutarlo

Cuota de API: None from the skill
Tokens por llamada: Transcription of scans can be large
Monetario: Free — skills are local files. External databases may have their own fees.
Consejo: Feed Claude one scan at a time; batch transcription gets muddled across records.

Seguridad

Permisos, secretos, alcance

Almacenamiento de credenciales: No credentials — pure prompts

Salida de datos: None from the skill. Your scans and notes stay local.

Living-person data is sensitive — don't upload scans of people still alive without consent.

Resolución de problemas

Errores comunes y soluciones

Wrong trigger keywords — no template applied to Obsidian note

Ask for 'the Document template' or 'the People template' by name.

Alternativas

genealogy-research vs otros

Alternativa	Cuándo usarla	Contrapartida
FamilySearch / Ancestry tools	You want commercial database access with auto-matching	Paid; less flexible; no Obsidian integration
Vanilla Claude	One-off transcription with no method framing	No GPS discipline; inconsistent naming across sessions

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