Clan Forbes Society Blogs

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...

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...