This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: forbes, elder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/773 Message Board Post: these are my g/g/grandparents, and i am trying to trace william's birth record - he was born in inverness about 1810 to 1820. I am descended through their son john ord forbes who died in dundee in 1919. ann elder forbes also died in dundee in 1893.