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deserted settlements of glassary parish
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hello,
i was in my local thrift shop in tarbert and picked up a binder entitled "deserted settlements of glassary parish, some of the ruined crofts, farms, and dwellings in glassary parish with names of people who once inhabited them". put together by allan begg and published by argyll & bute council. if any of you would like to look for any old settlements then just let me know, there are pictures of some of the ruins which might be of interest also, hopefully it will be interest to some of you,
genny
Hi genny,
I live in Melbourne, Aus. My Campbell ancestors came from Glassary parish. I'd love some help with finding 2 particular locations-
Dun-na-Marag
Kilmschal
Dun-na-marag, Glassary parish is given as place of birth for my G. grandfather, Thomas Campbell 1828, a brother John Campbell 1823 and sister Jean Campbell 1830.
John's parents were Archibald CAmpbell and Jane Brown
Thomas and Jean's parents were Archibald Campbell and Elizabeth Ralston
The IGI record gave Thomas and Jean's place of birth as Dunamuck which I've found through google to be near Dunadd. But recently I looked at their original birth records on Scotland's People and it is definitely given as Dun-na-marag. So assuming Dunamuck and Dun-na-marag are not the same place I'm wondering where Dun-na-marag is.
Kilmschal, Argyll is given in 1851 census as place of birth of 2 other sisters -
I'm wondering whether Kilmschal may be a contraction of Kilmichael Glassary.
Best wishes and thanks in advance for any help you or anyone can give me.
Isabella
melbourne
Vic Australia