Clan Forbes Society Blogs

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...

One of your challenges in researching your genealogy is to trace your lineage to one of the 100 different branches of the House of...

In 1582, William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, devised a plot to abduct the 16-year-old King James VI and remove him from the Catholic...

Nigel Ivan, 22nd Lord Forbes, was born on February 19, 1918, as the eldest son of Atholl Laurence, 21st Lord Forbes, and Lady Mabel,...

In 1534, King Henry VIII of England separated the Church of England from the Catholic Chuch in order to marry Anne Bolyn. He urged his...