Clan Forbes Society Blogs

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc with the many highland games and Scottish festivals throughout North America and Great Britain....

Captain Robert Bennet (Ben) Forbes (1804 –1889) commanded the USS Jamestown during America’s first international relief effort, bringing...

The House of Forbes Family Tree on Ancestry.com has been blooming, thanks to Member Catherine Forbes McCausland. Until April 2020, the...

With the spread of coronavirus, we are all going through a difficult time. Some more than others. For some, the more difficult times are...

Clan Forbes Society is one of the first clan societies to join the brand new Clan Partner program of the National Trust for Scotland USA...

Battle of Cowpens, by William Ranney, 1845 By Ben J. Forbus John Faubus was born August 25, 1759, in Frederick County, Virginia, which...

Scotland is not the only location of castles and mansion houses associated with the House of Forbes. The United States can boast the...

Hogmanay is a quintessentially Scottish holiday: born of pagan mysticism, enlivened with Viking bravado, challenged by religious clashes,...

On November 30, many local Scottish organizations will be celebrating Saint Andrew's Day, or the Feast of Saint Andrews. Since St. Andrew...

Many members of Clan Forbes find that visiting Lord and Lady Forbes at Castle Forbes has made a great impact on their lives. What they...

House of Forbes branches, or cadet houses, have descended from younger sons of the various Lords Forbes. For example, from Duncan, second...

This past August, Geordie, the Master of Forbes, stepped out for the first time at the 2019 Lonach Gathering and Highland Games in...