How are hyphenated names, and marriages of Aboriginal, Chinese and other nationalities treated?
We have endeavoured to enter the data as it was entered on the microfiche index and therefore at present there are many examples of hyphenated names that have been entered twice as they were on the original index. With the name of Aboriginal people, the index lists the tribal name if known and also the English name that was used. Both these have been included in the surname field as per the original index as either name may have been used by the person but both names were not used together as in the manner of Christian name and surname. The way in which other nationalities names such as Chinese are recorded are also as per the original microfiche index.
