As I live in Whitstable which has a rich history of diving I was especially interesting to receive an email from Gary Wallace-Potter of The Historical Diving Society . He tells me the HDS originally started compiling the Divers Index, in 1997 as an occupation database of Divers, Divers Tenders, Attendants and Linesmen, and Diving Related Trades. The Society's aim is 'to promote an interest in, and the preservation of our diving heritage' and the Index is symbolic of this by making it accessible to the public, in particular family historians, and researchers. The original source of information for the Index was extracted from Census Returns, C19th Newspapers and other historical documents, and therefore was predominately of C19th people. However, with the Internet new documents are becoming accessible. Through various exhibitions and events that the Historical Diving Society conduct throughout the year they have expanded their source of names into the C20th. This is an on-going project and the aim is eventually to create the Index into an 'On-line searchable database', but presently all enquiries are dealt with manual, via email contact from the Historical Diving Society web-site, postal or direct contact. To date the Historical Divers Index comprises approximately 4900 names of divers, divers tenders, attendants, linesmen, and diving related trades. If you have any inquiries about diving history please do pass your details onto the Historical Diving Society who will be only too happy to help. The Historical Diving Society - Divers Index c/o 2 St. Lawrence Way Bricket Wood St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL2 3XN, UK Home Tel: 01923 - 400906 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Web: <http://www.thehds.com> www.thehds.com Else Churchill Genealogist Society of Genealogists 14 Charterhouse Buildings Goswell Road London EC1M 7BA direct phone 020 7702 5488 visit the Society of Genealogists' Website <http://www.sog.org.uk/> www.sog.org.uk www.Findmypast.co.uk proud to sponsor the Society's centenary year WOULD YOU LIKE ADVICE ON YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? >From beginners onwards: all queries and problems welcomed. Phone our dedicated family history advice line on 020 7490 8911 Thursdays 6pm - 7.45 pm; Saturdays 11 am - 1pm and 2pm - 4 pm The Society also runs regular one-to-one advice half hour advice sessions with experts at the Society's library on alternate Saturdays from 2pm. Telephone the library direct on 020 7702 5485 to book an advice session or library tour. This email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the addressee only. You must not use, disclose, reproduce, copy or distribute the contents of this communication unless explicitly permitted to do so. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and then delete this email from your system without further distribution or use. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The Society of Genealogists are neither given nor endorsed by it. Registered Charity No. 233701. Company limited by guarantee. Registered No. 115703. Registered office as above

Hi Else: Thanks for posting this - I've added a link to the Society's website from the Occupations page in GENUKI - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Occupations.html Cheers Brian Randell On 26 Nov 2011, at 16:46, Else Churchill wrote: > As I live in Whitstable which has a rich history of diving I was especially > interesting to receive an email from Gary Wallace-Potter of The Historical > Diving Society . He tells me the HDS originally started compiling the Divers > Index, in 1997 as an occupation database of Divers, Divers Tenders, > Attendants and Linesmen, and Diving Related Trades. The Society's aim is 'to > promote an interest in, and the preservation of our diving heritage' and the > Index is symbolic of this by making it accessible to the public, in > particular family historians, and researchers. > > The original source of information for the Index was extracted from Census > Returns, C19th Newspapers and other historical documents, and therefore was > predominately of C19th people. > > However, with the Internet new documents are becoming accessible. Through > various exhibitions and events that the Historical Diving Society conduct > throughout the year they have expanded their source of names into the C20th. > This is an on-going project and the aim is eventually to create the Index > into an 'On-line searchable database', but presently all enquiries are dealt > with manual, via email contact from the Historical Diving Society web-site, > postal or direct contact. > > To date the Historical Divers Index comprises approximately 4900 names of > divers, divers tenders, attendants, linesmen, and diving related trades. > > If you have any inquiries about diving history please do pass your details > onto the Historical Diving Society who will be only too happy to help. > > The Historical Diving Society - Divers Index > > c/o 2 St. Lawrence Way > > Bricket Wood > > St. Albans, Hertfordshire > > AL2 3XN, UK > > Home Tel: 01923 - 400906 > > Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > Web: <http://www.thehds.com> www.thehds.com > > > > > > Else Churchill > > Genealogist > > Society of Genealogists > > 14 Charterhouse Buildings > > Goswell Road > > London EC1M 7BA > > direct phone 020 7702 5488 > > visit the Society of Genealogists' Website <http://www.sog.org.uk/> > www.sog.org.uk > > > > www.Findmypast.co.uk proud to sponsor the Society's centenary year > > > > WOULD YOU LIKE ADVICE ON YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? > >> From beginners onwards: all queries and problems welcomed. Phone our > dedicated family history advice line on 020 7490 8911 > > Thursdays 6pm - 7.45 pm; Saturdays 11 am - 1pm and 2pm - 4 pm > > The Society also runs regular one-to-one advice half hour advice sessions > with experts at the Society's library on alternate Saturdays from 2pm. > Telephone the library direct on 020 7702 5485 to book an advice session or > library tour. > > > > This email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the > addressee only. You must not use, disclose, reproduce, copy or distribute > the contents of this communication unless explicitly permitted to do so. > > If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and then > delete this email from your system without further distribution or use. > Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments > that do not relate to the official business of The Society of Genealogists > are neither given nor endorsed by it. > > > > Registered Charity No. 233701. Company limited by guarantee. Registered > No. 115703. Registered office as above > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell