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genealogy-research (Claude Skill) — 安装 & 实时演示

为什么要用

核心特性

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

实时演示

实际使用效果

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安装

作者仓库 · Claude Skills 官方文档

使用场景

实战用法： genealogy-research

Analyze a 19th-century parish record scan

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

何时使用： You have a scan in Latin / Cyrillic / German script and can't parse it alone.

步骤

Share the scan

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

→ 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.✓ 已复制

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

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

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

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

注意事项

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

搭配使用： filesystem

Document a negative search properly (a GPS requirement)

👤 Researchers past the beginner stage ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

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

步骤

Record the search

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

→ Structured negative-search note per GPS standards
Suggest alternatives

What other record types could fill this gap?✓ 已复制

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

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

组合

与其他 MCP 搭配，撬动十倍杠杆

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/.✓ 已复制

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.✓ 已复制

工具

此 MCP 暴露的能力

工具	输入参数	何时调用
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

成本与限制

运行它的成本

API 配额: None from the skill
每次调用 Token 数: Transcription of scans can be large
费用: Free — skills are local files. External databases may have their own fees.
提示: Feed Claude one scan at a time; batch transcription gets muddled across records.

安全

权限、密钥、影响范围

凭据存储： No credentials — pure prompts

数据出站： 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.

故障排查

常见错误与修复

Wrong trigger keywords — no template applied to Obsidian note

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

替代方案

genealogy-research 对比其他方案

替代方案	何时用它替代	权衡
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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