GENUKI

GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. Its aim is "to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland". It provides access to a large collection of information, with the emphasis on primary sources, or means to access them, rather than on existing genealogical research.

The name derives from "GENealogy of the UK and Ireland", although its coverage is wider than this. From the GENUKI website:

<blockquote>"The UK and Ireland are regarded, for the purposes of this Genealogical Information Service, as being made up of England, Ireland (i.e. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland), Wales, and Scotland, together with the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Together, these constitute the British Isles - which is a geographical term for a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of mainland Europe. (Legally, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are largely self governing, and are not part of the United Kingdom.)"</blockquote>

Structure

The website has a well defined structure at four levels.

• The first level is information that is common to all "the United Kingdom and Ireland".
• The next level has information for each of England (see example) Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
• The third level has information on each pre-1974...... ...
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