Hello All I am a new subscriber and have a rather perplexing problem with an ancestor. His name is Francis FORBES and he appears first in Edinburgh in 1799 when he married Elizabeth BROOMFIELD. She was 20 years old so he may have been almost any age from 17 upwards. They had two children in Edinburgh then moved to Glasgow and had three more, then they disappeared. I do not even know where or when they died. One of their daughters living at Longformacus on the 1851 census had a brother living with her family. He was born it said at South Leith about 1818 so the family must had returned to the Edinburgh area. But I did not find them at Leith or in any of the Edinburgh parishes I have searched. I do not know where they went or where Francis was born. His children were Robert Waugh b 1801, Janet b 1802, Elizabeth b 1804, George b 1806, Francis b 1807 then others I do not know amongst whom was John b c1818. If any subscriber has seen this family anywhere or any Forbes Family which may be them please contact me as I have been searching for 15 years now without success and wonder if I am missing the point when it comes to my elusive Francis Forbes. Thank you in advance to anyone willing to give advice or information. Regards, Gene.