Clan Forbes Society Blogs

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...

Society Member Kenneth L. Forbes first proposed a Forbes surname Y-DNA group at FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) in the Autumn 2004 newsletter of...

Thanks to the permission of James Taylor, his 1992 book “The Vanishing Laird Lord Pitsligo” is now scanned and included in the Clan...

This past weekend, Clan Forbes Society member Antonio Uribe and I visited the trade show of the 2019 Federation of Genealogical Societies...

C. Forbes, Inc., of Richmond, Virginia, has just added another challenge coin customer to its impressive list of clients: Clan Forbes...

Show your Forbes pride by purchasing and displaying official merchandise from the Zazzle online Clan Forbes Society Member Store which...

Grandfather Mountain Highland Games are the oldest and largest in the country -- and was featured in the book and video series Outlander....

The House of Forbes Craigievar Castle and Fyvie Castle are both featured in the summer magazine of the National Trust for Scotland. Of...

Murder and mayhem is part of the legacy of the House of Forbes. In 1571 clans Gordon and Forbes clashed in the battles of Craibstone and...