GENUKI

GENUKI is a, run as a. Its aim is "to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland". The name derives from "GENealogy of the UK and Ireland".

It hosts a large collection of pages with genealogical information covering, , , , the and the. The emphasis is on, or means to access them, rather than on existing genealogical research.

GENUKI has a well defined structure: it contains information that is common to all the, common to each , each (historic, ie pre-1974) and then to each  or. The contents and site map illustrates this structure. For many locations, a description is quoted from an old (and therefore out-of-copyright) gazetteer.

At each level, some of the subject headings from the list prepared by the in  are used. The full list is:

In some instances GENUKI pages include actual information, but more often they provide links to sources of information, either as online links or by providing information about hard copy publications or repositories. As GENUKI is maintained solely by volunteers, the level of detail varies in different parts of the site.