I think you will find that if they had family they will be buried in the family graveyard. Remember, in those days people were incarcerated for very trivial reasons (illegitimate babies etc.) My great great grandfather died in another asylum in Scotland - there because of his alcoholism but he was still buried in the family village. . 'Lochgilphead' as it was and still is colloquially called is the mental hospital for the whole of Argyll so people may have come from some distance away. I hope this of some help Jean Reynolds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Streetman" <marcias@execpc.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:14 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] Argyll & bute District Asylum, Lochgilphead > This institution still exists in Lochgilphead. I had an ancestor there > in the 1870s - I found the list of inmates (mostly insane, but also > could be deaf and dumb, blind, idiot, or imbecile) in the 1971 > Lochgilphead census. I have asked 2 different friends I know in the area > about this subject, and I was told that information is difficult to get > as people do not want to talk about it! Please let me know if you find > out where they would bury people who died there. Good luck! > Marcia Streetman > > Mary Breer wrote: > > > > Does anyone have information about this Institution? > > What type of patients did they accommodate there? > > Where are their Records held? Are they available? > > Was there an area where they just kept old folks? > > I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone has. Mary > > > > Researching: > > GALBRAITH, WOTHERSPOON of Gigha > > CAMPBELL, MCKELLAR, MCCALLUM of South Knapdale > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > > ******************************************************************** > > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site >