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FamilySearch

Genealogical research on FamilySearch: historical places, indexed records, page images, the tree.

iandersoianderso/familysearch-mcpUpdated Oct 6, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.ianderso/familysearch-mcp",
  "description": "Genealogical research on FamilySearch: historical places, indexed records, page images, the tree.",
  "title": "FamilySearch",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/ianderso/familysearch-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "1.3.0",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
      "identifier": "familysearch-mcp",
      "version": "1.3.0",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Access token from your own registered FamilySearch application. The place gazetteer and collection catalogue work without one.",
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "FS_ACCESS_TOKEN"
        },
        {
          "description": "Env file to read settings from and to re-read a refreshed token from mid-session. Defaults to the nearest .env from the working directory upward.",
          "name": "FS_ENV_FILE"
        },
        {
          "description": "Your registered application's client id, reported by auth_status.",
          "name": "FS_CLIENT_ID"
        },
        {
          "description": "production, or integration for the FamilySearch sandbox.",
          "default": "production",
          "name": "FS_ENVIRONMENT"
        },
        {
          "description": "HTTP timeout in seconds.",
          "default": "60",
          "name": "FS_TIMEOUT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—python
Installs—pypi:familysearch-mcp@1.3.0
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsFS_ACCESS_TOKENFS_ACCESS_TOKEN
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #11.3.0latestOct 7, 2026