German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)

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German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.

Getting Started

npx @getmcp/cli add io.github.ianderso/german-archives-mcp

Requires Python 3.10+. Community-contributed server. Review source before installing.

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Configuration

Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.ianderso/german-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "german-archives-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/german-archives-mcp",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "30",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "2",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS": "3",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB": "1000"
      }
    }
  }
}

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