This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QdV.2ACIB/91.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: hi, another fairbairn here. also from a big family - we do seem to go in for them - My father had 8 brothers and sisters all from the north east of england. My father's father was William Fairbairn who was a regular in the army before and during the first world war. I am looking for any information on him. anyone from this branch of the fairbairn forest?