Hi Bill,
You are correct, there is no easy way to forward multiple emails from a Gmail account.
There are two ways to select and send multiple email messages from Gmail.
First, you can use a pop or imap client on your computer to access your email and use that program to forward the emails. For more information on configuring a pop or imap client on your computer please see the following guide:
How to read Gmail With Any Mail Program
Another way to forward multiple emails is to create a filter. To use a filter please follow these steps:
- Go to More Actions and select Filter Messages Like These

- Fill in the matching details within Create a Filter and click Next
- Check and enter the forwarding email address, the option to apply to filter to all of the existing messages that match, and select Create Filter

- If you only need to forward the messages a single time delete the filter after it has forwarded the email messages.