This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/485.1 Message Board Post: your grandmother is a lady and her name should be spelled francEs not francis that is a man's name that may be why you are having trouble.I am also looking for a Frank (Francis) M. Forbes b. in Oquawka Ill on dec.11, 1858. melarky26