A FEW WORDS OF EXPLANATION:


The alphabetical listing shows all Sherlockian societies now in the
computer file, sorted alphabetically by society name.

The first line of the listing shows the full name of the society.

The second line of the listing shows three items of information:

     Active: can be yes (Y) or no (N) or provisional ( ).  Societies are
     listed as active only if they have responded to a questionnaire.
     Societies are listed as inactive from the listing in the December 1983
     issue of the BSJ, from other sources, and from information supplied by
     the contacts.  Societies are also listed as inactive if the contacts
     did not respond to questionnaires within one month (the inference
     being that an active society answers its mail).  Societies are listed
     as provisional during the one-month waiting period.

     Category: can be geographical (G), professional (P), or other (O).
     Categories are assigned only to active societies, from information
     supplied by the contact.

     Contact: the name of the contact for the society.

The listing of geographical societies shows all active geographical
societies, sorted by geography.  The full name of the society is followed
by the geographical code (country, state or province, and city), and the
name and mailing address of the contact.

The listings of professional and other societies use the same format as
the listing of geographical societies, except that the societies have been
sorted alphabetically by full name.



A CENSUS OF SHERLOCKIAN SOCIETIES:


     839   societies

               433   Y = active
               406   N = inactive
                       = provisional

     433   active societies

               273   G = geographical (including 190 in U.S.)
                18   P = professional (all in U.S.)
               142   O = other (including 106 in U.S.)

     424   mailing-address active societies (plus 9 only on Internet)

     353   individual contacts (plus 72 duplications)