Need any information concerning my grt grandfather, RUFUS FORBES born ~Oct 16, 1864 in Cohoes, New York. Son Of Ralph Forbes and Catherine BOIVIN OF Canada. Anyone with access to any information please send to list for sharing. Catholic parishes in Cohoes may have info. Thank you. Barb

Has anyone gotten back any further than the Daniel Forbes that came to America in the 1620's? Thats where I seem to be stuck.

I don't have the book you are after however my Forbes line also comes from Fife, Anstruther Easter, I am sending the following incase we may find a connection. Regards Laraine Descendants of Alexander Forbes 1 Alexander Forbes .. +Margaret Caithness b: 07 June 1775 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland m: 05 November 1797 in Anstruther Easter Fife Scotland .......... 2 John Forbes b: 25 February 1799 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland d: 12 June 1842 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .............. +Jean Dick m: 03 November 1830 in Anstruther Easter Fife Scotland ............................ 3 Janet Forbes b: 13 May 1833 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire ............................ 3 Margaret Forbes b: 01 July 1835 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire .......... 2 James Forbes b: 24 February 1801 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .......... 2 Elizabeth Forbes b: 22 January 1804 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .......... 2 Margaret Forbes b: 13 October 1809 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .......... 2 Robert Forbes b: 12 July 1812 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .............. +Jane Young Henderson m: 19 April 1834 in Anstruther Easter Fife Scotland ....................... 3 John Forbes b: 06 February 1839 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland ....................... 3 Helen Young Forbes b: 20 May 1841 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland ....................... 3 Robert Forbes b: 19 March 1843 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland ....................... 3 William Forbes b: 02 November 1844 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .......... 2 Marion Forbes b: 10 September 1814 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland .......... 2 [1] William Forbes b: 02 November 1816 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland d: 15 April 1886 in Brunswick St Nth Fitzroy Melbourne Immigration: 20 August 1841 On board the "Strathfieldsaye" into Port Phillip Melbourne .............. +Margaret White b: 1821 in Anstruther Easter Fifeshire Scotland m: 03 September 1840 in Anstruther Easter Fife Scotland The Secession Church, d: Abt. 08 June 1850 in Launceston Tasmania Aust Immigration: 1841 On board the "Strathfieldsaye" ....................... 3 Alexander Forbes b: 21 January 1843 in Launceston Tasmania Aust ....................... 3 William Thomas Forbes b: 16 February 1845 in Launceston Tasmainia Aust ....................... 3 Margaret White Forbes b: 05 August 1849 in Launceston Tasmainia Aust .......... *2nd Wife of [1] William Forbes: .............. +Mary Ann Clark b: 1817 in Middlesex London England m: 23 October 1851 in Wesleyan Methodist Church Melbourne Victoria d: 14 July 1873 in Gore St Fitzroy Melbourne Victoria ....................... 3 Elizabeth Ann Forbes b: 1852 ....................... 3 Robert John Forbes b: 1854 ....................... 3 Marmaduke Matthew Forbes b: 19 July 1858 in 7 St David St Collingwood Victoria d: 19 March 1934 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben & Helen Vaillancourt <lucy@efni.com> To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: [FORBES] FORBES printed history

>Has anyone gotten back any further than the Daniel Forbes that came to >America in the 1620's? Thats where I seem to be stuck. > Dear Diane, I have. Col. John Forbes was born in Aberdeen and died in 1660 at Plymouth MA. He was married to Constant Mitchell. His father was Rev John Forbes of Aberdeen Scotland who was part of the Forbes line that is listed in Burke's Peerage. John Brandt

Dear Laraine Thanks for your family information. My "earliest" for sure find is Alexander FORBES who married Christian Brown in Flisk in 1753. HE had a son, Alexander, chr. at Flisk on 20 Dec. 1764. I wonder if that could be your man who married in 1797 in Anstruther Easter? Do you have any more info your Alexander? Helen in Ontario

The earliest Alexander I have is Lord Alexander Forbes, born ca 1380 at Forbes, Aberdeen Scotland. He was the son of Sir John "the Black Lip" Forbes and Elizabeth Margaret Kennedy. Alexander married Dame Elspet Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, Earl of Angus. John Brandt

Dear List Does anyone own "House of Forbes" by Tayler and could do a look-up for me? My Forbes appear to be in Fife, Scotland, from the early 1700's on. I can't make the connection to earlier generations-most of whom appear to be in the Aberdeen area or west in the interior. Could you look to see if there's a mention of the Fife Forbes? I don't want to buy the book only to find it's all about " the other"Forbes or even the Forbes in the USA!! Hope someone can help Helen in Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rebelkaye@aol.com> To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [FORBES] FORBES Ancestry( Printed history) > Forbes > > The Clan Forbes. By George Eyre Todd. pb. An introductory history of the > family in Scotland, with their origin, subsequent history, and most prominent > individuals. > > The House of Forbes. By A. and H. Tayler. Revised 2nd edition. 634pp. hb. The > most definitive history of the Forbes family in Scotland, revised in the late > 1980s with substantial additions and corrections. > > Genealogy of the Family of Forbes: From the Account of Mr. Mathew Lumsden of > Tulliekerne. 109pp. 1819. An invaluable Forbes genealogical account, focused > on the period to 1600, with additions for the 17th and 18th centuries. > > Forbes, from The Scots Peerage. 38pp. An account of Forbes Lord Forbes, and > of Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, from the 15th century through the 19th. > > A Jacobite Laird and His Forebears: The Forbeses of Blackton. By James > Ferguson. 24pp. An examination of a family, primarily in the 17th and 18th > centuries, with detailed information on the household, the Jacobite > rebellions, and the fate of the family. > > References to this family (see Reference Books for more book information) can > be found in the following books: > > Anglo-Norman Families in Scotland, 1057-1200. By James Coutts. > > Clans and Families of Scotland. By Alexander Fulton. Includes tartan photo, > slogan, motto, and short history. > > Clans and Tartans of Scotland. By Neil Grant. Includes tartan photo, > clansman’s badge, and short history. > > Clans and Tartans of Scotland. By Iain Zaczek. Tartan photos, clan badge, > plus one-page history. > > Collins Pocket Reference Clans and Tartans. By George Way of Plean and > Romilly Squire. Includes color photo of tartan, short clan history, crest, > motto, and plant badge. > > The Highland Clans, by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk. Includes extensive > family history, with photographs. > > Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia, By George Way and Romilly Squire. > Includes the arms, crest, motto, supporters, standard, clansman’s badge, as > well as a history of the family and a color illustration of the tartan. > > Scottish Clan and Family Names. By Roddy Martine. Includes tartan photo, > short family history, and color coat of arms. > > Scottish Clans and Tartans, by Ian Grimble. Includes a color photo of the > tartan and a one-page family history. > > Just to name some of them. > Rebecca Kaye Forbes Martinez > RebelKaye@aol.com > > > ==== FORBES Mailing List ==== > *************FORBES-L Mailing List**************** > All material published on this list is copyrighted 2000 by the author. No reproduction in whole or in part is permitted without the author's written consent. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

Posted on: FORBES Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/f/o/FORBES/queries/22 Surname: FORBES, TRELFORD ------------------------- Looking for info on Trelford FORBES b. 06 Jan 1905 d. 17 Aug 1991 prob. IL, USA. Trying to connect to TRELFORD surname. Thank you. Please contact M.M. Sandness - sandness@nethop.net ( Alternate e-mail address - mmsandness@hotmail.com ) TRELFORD Homepage under construction at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~trelford

Hi, I'm a new subscriber trying to find information on Jane FORBES who married my gggrandfather Chauncey House in Manchester CT in 1845. Jane was born in Europe in about 1824 and died in Middle Haddam in 1860. My ggrandmother was born of that union. I would love to find a Forbes family link. Dan Ohlson

hi john, i suspect we have someone on the list who doesn't realize most of this kind of information is not valid ass they don't think about the implications, ergo do not ask themselves the question you asked......in lieu of the recent posts from 'duckbutta' there is even the possiblility this 'original' forbes clan post is an alias...........folks, never send your gedcoms in their entirety to anyone that can't justify a link with your hard work Ed john brandt wrote: > > >There is supposed to be a published Forbes Genealogy of the original > >family. Have these data ever been converted to a genealogical application > >so a GEDCOM could be generated. We might be able to make connections to the > >"original" Forbes clan in this way. > >-- > >Please use this address until further notice mailto:fhheld@netzero.net > > Hi Everyone, > > I am curious. What is the "original" FORBES family? Please let me > know what this is supposed to be. > > Thanks, > > John > > ==== FORBES Mailing List ==== > *************FORBES-L Mailing List**************** > All material published on this list is copyrighted 2000 by the author. No reproduction in whole or in part is permitted without the author's written consent. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Posted on: FORBES Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/f/o/FORBES/queries/21 Surname: Forbes ------------------------- I don't know anything about my William Forbes except what was in the 1850 Holt Co, Mo. Census. age 50 born in PA. Could have been a brother. Thanks for thinking of me. I will keep you in mind as I search for Forbes in PA. New email address is sbroths@home.com if anyone has information on William Forbes.

Hello, For those of you who are reading this letter I would like to say that well "Tonights the Night!" If you have or will send in A meaning Any Gedcom file that has a practicle amount of individuals in it then you will be the very lucky ones! It will provide you with any easy to use database that will provide you with the same power it has given me and that is to help people! I love looking up things fo people it is only that I don't work for free and when i say that i mean I am not asking for money i ask for a contribute like a gedcom to where i can add it to my database and i will not have to try to retype what you send threw e-mail this way it is already typed no work at all which leaves me with more time to help and help and continue helping all i can to researchers like those who have been most fortunate enough to recieve this letter you may have thought that this gedcom was never going to come and that this moment was all just a lie and that I would take advantage of you people but like I have said before, Even though nobody ever believed me, "I am not like that I do not lie and I would never do anything to hurt anyone that has not already hurt me! But lets get back to the point researching my tree all the way down to the deepest roots which is covered up with so much dirt requires help from people like you to help dig little by little some of that dirt away.So like I saidbefore congradulations on you taking that oppertunity of contributing and I hope you will find my database useful to you when it come at eight o' clock eastern time tonight.

> > >IB7cY65qPwl4V0a60Vb3UmjuJJXC7RNhYiThV+VvvHI4PPIGAevI61aJo+vXFtZXLSC3kHlyqcMp> >> >4PUdwePqO1ewaJqA1TR7S9BUmWMF9oIAccMBn0IIq9XM+PNHfU9EaaO4aM2QabyyfkkAHOfcAHB9> >> >yO+R5fpmnz6pqENlahTLKcDccAYGST9ACa9G0nR18E6Xf6ldXX2hzEuY1DKobsvfOWIAYjj8TXE6> >> >daaj4u1sRy3LSSEF5JZTny0zzgfVuFHHPYc12F38N7A2sn2K7uVuMfuzMylM++FB/wAPfpXG6Pq1> >> >SLGABE/ToBwDxz659RU3gPxT9laHRrwfuXfbbyKOUZj90+oJPXsT6dLnxSlxb6dD5cZ3vI28j5hg To the person who posted the 3 part House of Forbes posting: As you can see the entire thing was unreadable. Please send all postings in plain text. John

Forbes The Clan Forbes. By George Eyre Todd. pb. An introductory history of the family in Scotland, with their origin, subsequent history, and most prominent individuals. The House of Forbes. By A. and H. Tayler. Revised 2nd edition. 634pp. hb. The most definitive history of the Forbes family in Scotland, revised in the late 1980s with substantial additions and corrections. Genealogy of the Family of Forbes: From the Account of Mr. Mathew Lumsden of Tulliekerne. 109pp. 1819. An invaluable Forbes genealogical account, focused on the period to 1600, with additions for the 17th and 18th centuries. Forbes, from The Scots Peerage. 38pp. An account of Forbes Lord Forbes, and of Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, from the 15th century through the 19th. A Jacobite Laird and His Forebears: The Forbeses of Blackton. By James Ferguson. 24pp. An examination of a family, primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries, with detailed information on the household, the Jacobite rebellions, and the fate of the family. References to this family (see Reference Books for more book information) can be found in the following books: Anglo-Norman Families in Scotland, 1057-1200. By James Coutts. Clans and Families of Scotland. By Alexander Fulton. Includes tartan photo, slogan, motto, and short history. Clans and Tartans of Scotland. By Neil Grant. Includes tartan photo, clansman’s badge, and short history. Clans and Tartans of Scotland. By Iain Zaczek. Tartan photos, clan badge, plus one-page history. Collins Pocket Reference Clans and Tartans. By George Way of Plean and Romilly Squire. Includes color photo of tartan, short clan history, crest, motto, and plant badge. The Highland Clans, by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk. Includes extensive family history, with photographs. Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia, By George Way and Romilly Squire. Includes the arms, crest, motto, supporters, standard, clansman’s badge, as well as a history of the family and a color illustration of the tartan. Scottish Clan and Family Names. By Roddy Martine. Includes tartan photo, short family history, and color coat of arms. Scottish Clans and Tartans, by Ian Grimble. Includes a color photo of the tartan and a one-page family history. Just to name some of them. Rebecca Kaye Forbes Martinez RebelKaye@aol.com

Dear Rebecca, Thank you for the list of publications. I forgot about the Lumsden book which I have a copy of. It does contain some errors so read carefully. John

Posted on: FORBES Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/f/o/FORBES/queries/20 Surname: FORBES ------------------------- My gggg-grandfather was YATES FORBES, born about 1798 in Pennsylvania, moved to Jefferson County, Illinois in time for 1850 census. Any connection?

I've never heard about a printed Forbes genealogy, other than some Scottish books. What do you know?

--part1_f4.37b25c0.271634b5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_f4.37b25c0.271634b5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <mariannefromny@webtv.net> Received: from rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (rly-yd03.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.3]) by air-yd01.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:41:53 -0400 Received: from mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.198.119]) by rly-yd03.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:41:23 -0400 Received: from storefull-218.iap.bryant.webtv.net (storefull-218.iap.bryant.webtv.net [209.240.199.39]) by mailsorter-105-1.iap.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id B83AC2253 for <Duckbutta12@aol.com>; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 05:41:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from production@localhost) by storefull-218.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/mt.gso.26Feb98) id FAA20459; Wed, 11 Oct 2000 05:41:22 -0700 (PDT) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhRyIk9zWVl1RiMSeBsNJw9DkuEpGQIUNyjx5DMss0bdgVIaJVgquCYE/NA= From: mariannefromny@webtv.net (Marianne Dunell) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 08:41:22 -0400 (EDT) To: Duckbutta12@aol.com Subject: Re: Day 2 of True Family Research Message-ID: <15834-39E45FF2-32@storefull-218.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: Duckbutta12@aol.com's message of Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:26:43 EDT Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) X-Mailer: Unknown Hi! I just wanted to tell you that you have said in words what I have thought ever since I started researching my family hstory. I have been totally confused by the lack of shareing of genealogical information by many people who actually have the audacity to state that they have knowledge but will keep it secret. My theory is that such individuals suffer from feelings of inferiority and their secretivness gives them a sense of power. I believe they enjoy their smugg rightessness however misplaced that may be and so , their time is not worth my time....or yours! I have been trying for almost ten years to validate or at least find some kind of information leading me to find the parents of my ggggrandfather; Seth Brush Downs, born , I believe in North Castle, Westchester County, N.Y. in 1816. He married in Greenwich, Ct. in 1835 to Amy Scofield. Seth died in Greenwich. My theory is that his parents were Silas Smth Downs of North Castle and Lucy Ann Brush of Stanwich, Ct. Although this contradicts his deathcertificate which gives hs parents ( in almost illegible scrawl ) as Wm. and Amy, I have never found anything anywhere to back that up and feel that whoever filled out that death certificate asked someone presen

The only printed matter I have is the Forbes lines which are in Burke's Peerage. John >I've never heard about a printed Forbes genealogy, other than some Scottish >books. What do you know? > >

There is supposed to be a published Forbes Genealogy of the original family. Have these data ever been converted to a genealogical application so a GEDCOM could be generated. We might be able to make connections to the "original" Forbes clan in this way. -- Please use this address until further notice mailto:fhheld@netzero.net ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________