Turn Your AI Assistant Into a Genealogy Research Partner

Working with GEDCOM files from Ancestry.com usually means manually clicking through endless family trees or wrestling with genealogy software. The Ancestry MCP Server changes that by giving your AI assistant direct access to your family tree data.

The Manual Genealogy Problem

If you've ever tried to analyze family history data programmatically, you know the pain. GEDCOM files contain rich genealogical information, but extracting insights requires either:

• Tedious manual searches through genealogy applications
• Writing custom parsers for the GEDCOM format
• Copy-pasting data between tools for analysis

Direct AI Access to Your Family Tree

This MCP server connects Claude (or any MCP-compatible AI) directly to your .ged files. Instead of manually searching for relatives or tracking down birth dates, you can ask natural language questions and get instant answers.

Ask questions like:

• "Who are all the descendants of John Smith born in 1845?"
• "Show me everyone who died in California between 1920-1950"
• "What's the complete lineage from Sarah Johnson to her great-great-grandchildren?"
• "List all marriages that took place in New York"

Real Productivity Gains

Family Research: Skip the genealogy software interface entirely. Ask your AI to find specific relatives, trace lineages, or identify gaps in your research.

Data Analysis: Need to analyze migration patterns, family naming conventions, or longevity trends? Your AI can process the entire family tree and generate insights in seconds.

Application Development: Building a genealogy app? Use this server to prototype features, validate data relationships, or generate family reports without writing GEDCOM parsing code.

Research Validation: Cross-reference family connections, verify dates, and spot inconsistencies across your genealogy data by asking targeted questions.

Core Capabilities

The server provides three essential tools:

• Smart File Management: List and organize multiple .ged files in your research directory
• Intelligent Parsing: Read and interpret GEDCOM data with natural language queries
• Targeted Search: Find specific individuals, relationships, or life events across your entire family tree

Quick Integration

Install via Smithery (automatic):

npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-server-ancestry --client claude

Or manually:

pip install mcp-server-ancestry

Add to your Claude Desktop config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ancestry": {
      "command": "mcp-server-ancestry",
      "args": ["--gedcom-path", "/path/to/your/gedcom/files"]
    }
  }
}

Security-First Design

The server restricts all operations to your specified directory—no file system access beyond your genealogy data. Your family history stays private and contained.

Perfect for genealogy researchers who want to supercharge their family history work, or developers building applications that need to process GEDCOM data intelligently. Turn hours of manual genealogy research into conversational queries with your AI assistant.