[4qd-bannvalley] Making the research leap to Scotland

[4qd-bannvalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tim Kane)]

PRONI has many of the Mercer company records.   The company itself in
London has an archive as well.  According to their Archivist,
however, the early records (before about 1860's-70's as I recall)
mostly cover only transactions and correspondence between the company
and the middle-man/agent they used in Ireland and related
records.  It has very little on the actual occupiers of the land
beyond statistics.  That said, its always worth a try looking at
them.  The Mercer Archivist seemed willing to help when I contacted
them 2-3 years ago on an unrelated query.

Tim
Seattle