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Going back a long time.

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Colin

Colin Report 11 Jul 2003 02:18

I'm a proud Australian and can tell you that my family's records go back a long time...some of them are by Bing Crosby.

Diane

Diane Report 11 Jul 2003 04:03

Colin you are such a card!! Are you related to any interesting convict types? Di (Syd)

Colin

Colin Report 11 Jul 2003 11:57

No, Diane, I'm sorry to say...not as far as I know... but there has been the suggestion, over the years, that my Scots Great Grandmother was a cousin of the poet Robbie Burns...and he was a man of rare conviction! Best wishes, Colin, Jarrahdale, Western Australia.

Diane

Diane Report 11 Jul 2003 15:01

Knew you were a good egg. Di Sydney

Colette

Colette Report 11 Jul 2003 16:47

Lovely Colin-keep'em comin'!

Colin

Colin Report 12 Jul 2003 12:09

Thanks Colette. One of my ancestors was a circus clown. Sadly, he was caught by cannibals and, as they sat there eating him one night, one turned to the other and said "Does he taste funny to you?"

Colette

Colette Report 13 Jul 2003 11:23

.....And he replied, "yes, but tasty, tasty, very very tasty!"