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GenealogyDirect

Get or offer genealogy help

Use GenealogyDirect to get help with family-history research or help others. Prepare actionable research questions, request copies of specific historical documents, discover requests that match your interests or location, submit offers, and review work you posted or joined. Nothing is published or submitted without your explicit confirmation.

How to use

  1. 1Add it in ChatGPT

    Open GenealogyDirect in ChatGPT's Plugin directory (button above), select + to add it and sign in if asked.

  2. 2Use it in a chat

    Type @ in the composer and pick GenealogyDirect, or start your message with its name. ChatGPT may also suggest it when it fits what you ask.

Skills 1

  • genealogydirect

    Use GenealogyDirect to find archive repositories, search visible genealogy requests, find recent requests, submit confirmed offers to help, or prepare and publish document-copy requests and research questions for a verified GenealogyDirect user. Trigger for genealogy archive discovery, document retrieval requests, family-history research questions, research offers, and GenealogyDirect marketplace work.

Things to ask

  • “I need a copy of the marriage contract for Paul Laborde and Marie Auriol, dated November 4, 1856, in Bordeaux.”
  • “Show me requests near Amsterdam that I could help with.”
  • “I’m trying to identify the parents of Anna Weber, who married Johann Becker around 1835 near Cologne.”

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