This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: forbes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/614.1 Message Board Post: marilyn. did you request edwin's civil war records. there is a lot of info on them if he was married at the time. my great grandf was also edwin forbes and i got his papers and found my ggm maiden name and when they were and where they were married. listed children's names and birth dates.i have books on the civil war and there are a lot of pictures in them that your edwin forbes drew.or should i say drawed. good luck melora rymer