Omaha Sherlockian Society

Welcome This page is the start of your path to information about the Omaha Sherlockian Society, a group of individuals with significant interest in the collection of novels and short stories about Sherlock Holmes and his activities. Although fictional, Mr. Holmes lives on in the minds – and pens (or word processors) of many.

About Us The Omaha Sherlockian Society was originally organized by Carl Wirth in October 2010. The group became a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars on October 24, 2016. It meets on the second Saturday of each month. Meetings usually begin with notes of recent events of interest to Sherlockians, and then proceed to a discussion of either a story from the Canon, or a pastiche. The stories from the Canon are currently covered in the order in which it is expected they were written. As you might expect, during the pandemic our meetings have been almost exclusively remote using Zoom to provide video and audio of the members. But we still manage to meet every month.

Our next meeting will be held on April 9th or April 16th from 10:00 AM to noon. The date uncertainty is due to the possibility that we could possibly meet—in person!— at the W. Clarke Swanson branch of the Omaha Public Library where we met before the pandemic caused us to have only Zoom meetings. Once the location and method to be used for the meeting have been decided, it will be announced here.

The plan for the meeting is to discuss the fourth and fifth stories in The Sign of Seven (that is, The Dark Carnival by Andrew Lane and The Monkton House Mystery by David Stuart Davies.). The two remaining stories in the collection will be discussed during the May meeting. ====Notes to Members and Visitors==== * All the pages in this site are (or should be) read-only at the current time. If you find an error, or wish to have some additional information included on the site, feel free to e-mail the site administrator (admin@omahasherlockiansociety.org). * Members will eventually be given logins (usernames and passwords) and the ability to add and edit pages in their own namespaces. There will also be some pages that will function as a blog, so items of current interest to everyone can be posted there. But many of the non-personal pages will remain read-only. * Visitors are able to read everything on the site, but no on-line registrations are permitted. Send e-mail to the site administrator if you wish to become a member. ====Contacting The Society==== There will soon be a page from which you can contact us. It's not completely implemented yet, though. ====Becoming A Member==== If you think you might enjoy being a member of the society, send e-mail to the site administrator (admin@omahasherlockiansociety.org) and you'll be added to the list of users who can be admitted to the monthly Zoom meetings.