The Clan Forbes’ Family History Project is now in full swing, headed up by Philip Stead, MSc student of Genealogical, Palaeographic and...

James Ochoncar Forbes was born on the 7th March, 1765, as the eldest son of James, 16th Lord Forbes, and Catherine the only child of Sir...

James was born in 1725 to James, 15th Lord Forbes, and his first wife Mary Forbes, the widow of John Forbes (c. 1694 - 1715), son of...

Rebellions cost money. No one was more aware of this than John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732), when he raised the banner for “King...

Skellater House sits at the base of Lonach Hill and overlooks the River Don four miles from Strathson, Aberdeenshire. Built in the...

James Forbes was born in 1689 as the second son of William 12th Lord Forbes, and Anne, daughter of James Brodie, 16th Lord Brodie. On...

You don’t have to be a Forbes to enjoy the Clan Forbes Tour on August 22 to 27, 2022! This excursion will include some of the most...

The first Jacobite Rebellion of 1689 was sparked when Catholic King James II and VII was deposed and replaced by his Protestant sister...

The Clan Forbes Society is pleased to announce that FamilyTreeDNA Forbes Group Administrator is planning to conduct a formal project to...

Balfluig Castle is located in the Howe (valley) of Alford on the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle was built in 1556, most...

The Clan Forbes Society is proud to announce the publication of House of Forbes for Kids, a new heritage activity book for children of...

Scottish forces clashed on July 2, 1645, in Alford in Aberdeenshire, on lands Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, granted in 1423 to...

The Northern Ireland conflict was generally acknowledged to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 between the United Kingdom...

Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill of Craigievar was born on September 6, 1912, and died as Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar, 11th Baronet, on...

A scion of the wealthy Forbes of Pitsligo and Monymusk, John Stuart Stuart-Forbes (1849-1876) left Scotland to avoid scandal. Assuming...

Due to their strong Scottish accents and lack of the ability to write their own names, many British colony immigrants found their names...

A fortune can be accumulated in one generation – and can be lost in another. This was the case of the family of Forbes-Leith of Fyvie,...

Thanks to the generosity of a Clan Forbes Society member, FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) will conduct the Big Y-700 DNA analysis for Malcolm, Lord...

Enlarged from a medieval stronghold to a stately mansion house, Castle Newe was once a showplace and a stop for the British Royal Family....

With estimated deaths of between 4.5 to 8 million, the Thirty Years’ War from 1618 to 1648 was a catastrophe to the people of Europe,...