Dear John I noiticed you speak of your FORBES data base. I cannot get any further back than the marriage of Alexander Forbes and Christian Brown in Flisk, Fife, Scotland in 1753. I have been unable to determine Alexander's parentage. I've also reached a dead end in tracing my great great grandmother's brother, another Alexander Forbes, who emmigrated to Baltimore, Maryland around 1828. Apparently he married a woman there who already had 2 children. They had 2 more of their own. A daughter married a Mc Candlish, in Baltimore, and a son moved west and was never heard from again. If you find anything to help me I'd appreciate it. Helen in Ontario Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: john brandt <jbrandt@ucla.edu> To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [FORBES] Forbes, (Scotland/Fife>?) > > Dear Jenny, > > I'll search my FORBES database; however, I must say that John was > by far the most popular given name in the FORBES ancestry. > > My best, > > John > > > > > >Hello, > >Just joined... > >I am after info on 'my' great-grandfather, (my nan was > >not his genetic daughter, but that was the only one > >she knew of) > >He was JOHN FORBES (no info known) > >He married: MARGARET JANE GRAY (from Scotland) > >They had 2 sons, John(1910/11-1930) and Christopher > >(1913/14-1973. > >My nan was MARGARET JANE FORBES (1925-1999) > >Any info? > >Who was John????? > >TIA > >Jenny Bostock > > > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >