e-Muster August 2012 - Central Coast Family History Society Inc.

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Journal of the Central Coast Family History Society Inc.
We screamed with laughter at my Dad when sharing the long held secret of a
distant Uncle to whom everyone referred to "As a little delicate " apparently
when annoyed with some one he would recite "If they dropped a doily I
wouldn't bend a knee to retrieve it for them " this disclosure was not unlike
"Topsy we were all Growed up ".
We would not have the excitement of finding, meeting and befriending
"Rellies" we didn't know we had. Or worse still finding out their existence
only to discover they had departed this earth a few months previously, you
know the old adage. "Oh! You should have been here yesterday ".
And the best bit is uncovering scandals and finding out our ancestors were
human and lived dangerously in some cases. Yes we had a "Bag Man "in the
family. It is such fun to find an Aunt who was placed on a pedestal by all and
sundry was really a flapper with a hidden past.
Tattoos are certainly nothing new. The crude rough anchors, stars and
Mother with a heart permanently penned in detail which our convicts
sported, trends and interest wanes and surfaces again through the years.
Wars bring back the tattoos, then they miss one or two generations and back
they come. My own paternal grandmother raged against tattoos, after her
death in 1951 it was revealed she had a black Lacey butterfly tattooed on the
back of her right shoulder, Go Nanna!
Boy we feel so superior and bursting with excitement when we discover the
key to our research. We think we will ring that cousin who always think they
know everything, we look at the clock and it is 3 a.m. We would never ring at
that hour and we wait until 5:30a.m.
Should we ever feel guilty at unveiling long held secrets? Discretion, is a
standard rule used by most, however when someone says "If God wanted us
to fly He would have given us wings." Well my profound theory is.
"If God wanted us to do Family History He would have given us computers
and CCFH Volunteers " He has and we do.
Rhonda Cetta-Hoye - Member 1307
NB: Bag Man: A person who goes around collecting ill gotten money from
various illegal venues for the crime bosses.
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