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

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