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Argyllshire / Re: deserted settlements of glassary parish
« on: Thursday 28 July 11 12:46 BST (UK) »
Hi Loonsong,
I've just returned to Melbourne from a trip to Argyll and can answer some of your Qns for you.
the church yard at Kilmichael-Glassary is definitely open to visitors. I had a good poke around and didn't find any names that I recognised from my own family research. There's another cemetery at Achnabreck, off the Oban road about 2 miles north of Lochgilphead. I'm not sure when it was first used but it is now the main cemetery in the area.
I've checked my copy of the book -Deserted settlements of Glassary parish- and only one of the places on your list is mentioned in the book -
Barnakill High.
Allan Begg, the author is convinced that it was once known as Barnakill, the word High being added later. If that's true then there's 2 whole pages of information about it and the people who lived there. No Leitchs mentioned unfortunately but I imagine you'd find the description fo the place interesting.
I bought my copy of the book through the Argyll and Bute Library Service. The headquarters are in Dunoon and they have a family history archive there.
Another book you might find interesting is Villages of Southern Argyll by Marion Pallister. [Amazon .com] It has chapters on Kilmichael Glassary, Slockovulllin, and nearby Crinan and Bellanoch.
Slockavullin is one of the few small hamlets to have survived. I visited it while I was in the area and it gives some idea of what the early settlements were like.
Regards
Isabella321
I've just returned to Melbourne from a trip to Argyll and can answer some of your Qns for you.
the church yard at Kilmichael-Glassary is definitely open to visitors. I had a good poke around and didn't find any names that I recognised from my own family research. There's another cemetery at Achnabreck, off the Oban road about 2 miles north of Lochgilphead. I'm not sure when it was first used but it is now the main cemetery in the area.
I've checked my copy of the book -Deserted settlements of Glassary parish- and only one of the places on your list is mentioned in the book -
Barnakill High.
Allan Begg, the author is convinced that it was once known as Barnakill, the word High being added later. If that's true then there's 2 whole pages of information about it and the people who lived there. No Leitchs mentioned unfortunately but I imagine you'd find the description fo the place interesting.
I bought my copy of the book through the Argyll and Bute Library Service. The headquarters are in Dunoon and they have a family history archive there.
Another book you might find interesting is Villages of Southern Argyll by Marion Pallister. [Amazon .com] It has chapters on Kilmichael Glassary, Slockovulllin, and nearby Crinan and Bellanoch.
Slockavullin is one of the few small hamlets to have survived. I visited it while I was in the area and it gives some idea of what the early settlements were like.
Regards
Isabella321