Clan Forbes Society Blogs

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...

The magnificent Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire was once a royal fortress. In about 1200 AD, the castle was simply a square wooden...

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....

Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus at 1632 Battle of Lützen With estimated deaths of between 4.5 to 8 million, the Thirty Years’ War from...

The Battle of Culloden occurred on April 16, 1746. The supporters of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), who was the...

Two years after he succeeded as 8th Lord Forbes, John Forbes continued his political and religious activism in what was called a “tumult”...

DNA testing has become a popular strategy for researching genealogy. During the last virtual Clan Forbes Gathering in March 2021, Clan...