Welcome to theislandwiki, a gateway to a family of websites featuring the Channel Islands, a group of small islands in the English Channel, close to the French coast, which are possessions of the British Crown and part of the British Isles. This new website has replaced the Guernsey Society website as the host for Donkipedia and Jerripedia. Please read these notes about what has happened and why.
History
The principal websites are the historical encyclopaedias devoted to the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, Donkipedia and Jerripedia, which have been established since 2010 and have since built up a substantial worldwide audience, interested in the histories of the Channel Islands and their families. These websites contain the largest online repository of information about the islands, with hundreds of family trees, thousands of family records and an illustrated general history of the islands.
Photography
They will soon be joined here by two new websites, one dedicated to images of Jersey and the other to images of towns and villages and the countryside of the nearby north Brittany coast and the Cotentin peninsular of Normandy. All these websites follow the established Wiki pattern by being open to site visitors who wish to add their own new content or modify existing pages. Please visit all our sites and enjoy what they have to offer. Then come back again and keep exploring!
Donkipedia, launched in February 2010, is the largest and most comprehensive on-line resource for those seeking information about their family history and the island their ancestors lived in.
The website specialising in the history of Guernsey families, the lives of famous guernseymen, the literature of the island and many other aspects of island life, and contains a growing collecting of historic images.
Donkipedia is growing steadily and contains a large number of trees of important Guernsey families.
This new website, which will launch soon, will become an important showcase for photographs of Guernsey and Jersey.
It will draw on pictures already collected for Donkipedia and Jerripedia, but also feature the work of today's photographers who have captured the beauty and character of the Channel Islands.
It will provide an opportunity for photographers to upload their work, free of charge, to reach an established worldwide audience of people who already have a specific interest in the Channel Islands.
- We regret that the launch of Island View has been delayed due to technical issues, pressure of work on Jerripedia and ongoing discussions with contributors of galleries for the site.
Jerripedia, launched in February 2010 within days of Donkipedia, is the one-stop-shop for anyone researching their ancestors in Jersey. It also provides a comprehensive picture of the island from pre-historic days to the German Occupation of the mid-20th century and right up to today.
With an unrivalled collection of historic photographs and works of art, Jerripedia shows exactly what Jersey looked like over the centuries, and particularly during the last 150 years.
It contains over 250 pages dedicated to island families, over 600 family trees, and over 50,000 baptism and other family records which are steadily being added to.
Theislandwiki is dedicated to the Channel Islands, which are the most southerly part of the British Isles.
They are much closer to France than they are to the British mainland, and have strong connections with many towns on the north Brittany coast and the Cotentin peninsular of Normandy, which is visible from Jersey's east coast on a fine day.
Franceview, which will launch soon, will be devoted to images of these towns, the surrounding countryside and the French coastline. A collection of historic images published as postcards will be joined by contemporary photographs of the area.
- We regret that the launch of France View has been delayed due to technical issues, pressure of work on Jerripedia and ongoing discussions with contributors of photographs for the site.
