FamilyTree Tools
A small research desk for family historians

Ask better questions of the British Isles.

A non-commercial, read-only MCP server for UK and Ireland historical research. Results retain their official links, attribution, and the context needed to verify a record.

Your MCP endpointhttps://mcp.familytree.tools/mcp

British and Irish research, one connection.

Search Free UK Genealogy collections, Irish and Welsh open data, and historic Gazette probate, military-promotion, honours, and appointment indexes. Adoption and military collection tools provide official routes where direct search is not approved. Each result retains its official source and licence.

FreeBMD2FreeREGFreeCENThe Gazette (OGL)Irish Surname Index (ODbL)NLW Wills (CC0)
ChatGPT on the web

In a supported workspace, enable Developer mode, then go to Settings or Workspace settings → Apps → Create. Supply the endpoint above, scan the three read-only tools, test, and publish the app for your workspace. OpenAI’s current setup guide.

Claude Code

Add the remote HTTP server from your terminal.

claude mcp add --transport http familytree-tools https://mcp.familytree.tools/mcp
Claude Desktop and other desktop clients

Use the client’s remote-MCP setup screen with the endpoint above. If it only accepts local stdio servers, use the mcp-remote bridge in its configuration.

{"mcpServers":{"familytree-tools":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-remote","https://mcp.familytree.tools/mcp"]}}}
Codex and code harnesses

Codex can add the Streamable HTTP endpoint directly. Other MCP-capable harnesses can use the same URL as a remote HTTP server.

codex mcp add familytree-tools --url https://mcp.familytree.tools/mcp