DMI 2010 New entries and changes must be received by March 31st if they are to be included in the 2010 DMI.
See below for details on how to check your current entries and how to update them.
Beginners - for an introductory article on the DMI click here.
The DMI has been arranged in alphabetical order by surname being researched, giving the parish and county and period of interest together with the member's membership number.
All entries have been entered as submitted, EXCEPT as described below:
Minor errors have been corrected - for instance "Lambeth, LON" has been corrected to "Lambeth, SRY" and a small number of minor changes have been made in the date range, for instance replacing "1800-1900" with "19c", etc.
For the sake of consistency some minor adjustments may have been made to counties, as follows -
For the British Isles only the ancient counties have been used generally, even if the period of research is after the changes in the county boundaries. Importantly London as a 'county' therefore refers strictly to the City of London (the 'Square Mile') and is abbreviated as LDN.
Where a member's interests are throughout the whole of the Metropolitan area, i.e. both north and south of the Thames (Greater London as it would now be described) then the place of interest has been given as London, abbreviated as LON, and has not been associated with any particular county.
Specific places which were submitted as being in the 'county of London' have been re-allocated to the ancient county in which they lay i.e. Middlesex, City of London, Surrey or Kent.
No attempt has been made to group variants of a name together, it is therefore essential to search under all possible variants of a name, which might be some distance apart in the Directory.
The DMI uses abbreviations for places, called Chapman county codes, and periods of research, which should be self explanatory.
For the counties of the British Isles the 3-alpha British County Codes have been used. See www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes for a full list of Chapman codes.
Searching the DMI
To find specific names use Acrobat Find (Ctrl+F), Search (Ctrl+Shift+F) or the Page Down key.
For details on using Find and Search see the Acrobat Help menu.
New entries and amendments
Members' interests submitted after the May cut off date have been published in the centre pages of your Journals.
Clickherefor the check list (opens in a new window).
The entries are in numerical order of membership number, shown in the last column. At the top of the window enter your membership number in the white box and click on the magnifying class.
The list may include entries which are now out of date (some of the contributions have not been updated since 1996) or show an incorrect parish, county or period. Please take the time to look through your entries and note any entries for deletion, correction, or any new additions.
Send a list of these to the DMI co-ordinator in order that they can be entered into the master database.
To add or update entries a Word document is available here which can be completed and attached to an email and sent to the DMI co-ordinator (see address below) or using the PDF form available here post your information to the coordinator at the address shown inside the cover of the Journal. Please try to ensure that the form is completed legibly. No responsibility will be accepted for entries transcribed incorrectly from difficult–to–read handwriting.
See the DMI introduction page for an article which contains more information about the submission of interests.
Click this box
to email the DMI co-ordinator at membersinterests01 @ eastsurreyfhs.org.uk
The email should contain:
- The name you are interested in
- The members number as shown in the directory
- Your East Surrey membership number
The co-ordinator will then let you know the contact details which will include either an email or postal address. Whichever method is used please include your ESFHS membership number. If sending a postal enquiry remember to send a stamped, self-addressed envelope or sufficient International Reply Coupons to cover the return postage.
Receiving an enquiry - Please respond to it, even if it is in the negative. One common complaint is that members' enquiries are ignored, even when an SSAE has been enclosed.
The DMI would not be possible without the work of our Members' Interests Co-ordinator Peter Grant and Membership Secretary Ann Turnor and of course all those members who have contributed entries.
Brian Hudson
Designer and Producer of DMI 2009
July 2009
