GENUKI's History

What's here

This section covers GENUKI's history from its origins, through early progress and various stages of development to the more recent transition to a content management system (Drupal) and the major upgrade in 2020. A further upgrade from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 took place in January 2021 but has had less impact on the use or maintenance of GENUKI.

Origins 

GENUKI was first made available for general use in late March 1995, since when its development has continued apace.

These articles document the original intention and implementation

• The article which appeared in the June 1995 edition of "Family Tree" magazine.

• The article which appeared in the September 1995 edition of "Computers in Genealogy".

• The article which appeared in the December 1995 edition of "Family Researcher".

Early Progress

• GENUKI Progress Report - Nov 1995.

• GENUKI Progress Report - April 1996.

Developing

•  April 1997 edition of "Family History News and Digest".

• May 1997 edition of the "Midas Newsletter".

• A paper describing the GENUKI service presented at the Digital Resources in the Humanities conference, September 1997.

• David Tippey wrote an article about GENUKI which was published in the June 1998 issue of Family History Monthly.

• Gareth Hicks' article about GENUKI which was published in Cardiganshire FHS's journal, Vol 2, No 7 - February 2001.

• Peter Christian's article on GENUKI from Ancestors (Issue 31, March 2005).

• GENUKI is 21 Years Old and is Making Major Changes from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (6 April 2016).

• On Parish Clerks and GENUKI, by Wayne Sheppeard, from Discover Genealogy Blogspot

Transition to Drupal 2015

This document  relate to the conversion to GENUKI-2, the first time the systems were based on Drupal.

• Drupal Implementation Plan

Update to Version 8 of Drupal 2020

• Drupal 8 conversion
• Genuki conversion from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8