--- Marguerite Kealey <mjkealey@yahoo.com> wrote: > My Forbes (later changed name to Forbis) were > supposedly from northern Ireland. I believe they > came > to Ontario from county Armagh around 1800-1815. > However, they may have come originally from Scotland > during the plantation period when the British > relocated some Scots to northern Ireland. Who knows > maybe we are related way , way , back.. If I come > across any of your names in my research, Iwill let > you > knwo. Good Luck > Marge Kealey > --- Ben & Helen Vaillancourt <lucy@efni.com> wrote: > > Don't think we've corresponded before.My great > great > > grandmother was Jean > > Forbes. She had both a brother and an Uncle > > Alexander. She came to Ontario > > in 1828 from Fife, Scotland. > > Any idea what part of Scotland your Forbes came > > from? > > Helen in Ontario > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <EErchinger@aol.com> > > To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [FORBES] Alexander Forbes > > > > > > > My Forbes are from Scotland/Ontario/IL and IA > > > > > > > > > ==== 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. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and > > enjoy access to the #1 > > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.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. > > > ============================== > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > If you know how to reduce these risks. > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/