Thanks John I agree with your point and have changed the text file, I would
think the 'Danny' name would be Australian in origin.
Cheers Paul
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<ryerson_index-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of John Graham
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Subject: [ryerson_index] Re: Rankins Funeral Directors October 2016
Paul and others,
There is a little gotcha with this type of index entry which quite often
goes un-noticed. It relates to the nickname of Danny.
In short, there is no evidence that he was ever known as Danny KOLAROVSKI.
The long version - the notice definitely says he was known as Danny
RISTEVSKI, so that is not an issue.
But given he is male, the issue of a second surname is not clearcut. We only
know RISTEVSKI is the current surname, which makes KOLAROVSKI a surname used
in the past - sometime, somewhere.
One possibility is that he changed his name on arrival in Australia - left
his native country as Dragi KOLAROVSKI, and arrived here as Dragi RISTEVSKI,
for whatever reason. Then, Aussies being Aussies, he was nicknamed Danny.
But we will never know the truth.
So allocating nicknames to aliases is not always correct, and is best
avoided unless the reason is blindingly obvious. In this case it isn't.
John
Hi Everyone
Can you look at the attached snips and advise me if I have indexed it
correctly, or is there another interpretation?
Cheers
Paul Owen
