The Kintyre Forum

hello all , This is my first posting on this site and I am hoping that someone here can give me help, advice and guidance. My gggrandfather Malcolm Tait (and family) lived at Barloist Cottage Ormsary (the family is noted on both the 1861 and 1871 census as being there) prior to them emigrating to Canada some time after the 1871 census. My problem is that although I have found your site I can not find much about Ormsary on the net except sites that relate to holiday lettings or prize livestock. Does anyone here know of a contact for genalogy/history etc within the Ormsary/Loch Caolisport area at all please. I have noted that Ormsary is further north to which this site appears to serve (Campbeltown and surrounding areas) but one never knows what help is out there til one asks. Many thanks don

I'm sure the Ormsary you are referring to is in the Kilberry area Don. Sir Willian Lithgow has a large estate there. The Lochgilphead Hatch, Match and Dispatch Office could maybe help you with some info.
Best of luck with your search.

Pete Reek.

Many thanks for the reply Pete, One of the sites that I saw related to the Ormsary estate so I will write to them to see if they can throw any light on the cottage etc. I was not sure which area Ormsary came under but I will now try Lochgilphead Registry to see if they can help as well. Again many thanks. don