Wow, this shows astonishing depth of research. How about a Locality Guide for Mirland, Deerness, Orkney, or some other significant place for your ancestors to fill in the historical context? Perplexity.ai can help.
I will take a look at Perplexity.ai. Deerness was all farmland. It does have a church but no town as such. Mirland is the name of the farm they lived on. I couldn't find my source for that information but I believe we were told that by someone at the Orkney Family History Group when we visited in the 1990s.
What a complicated history and well done for sorting it out!
Sounds like you have had a lot to untangle in sorting this out.
Wow, this shows astonishing depth of research. How about a Locality Guide for Mirland, Deerness, Orkney, or some other significant place for your ancestors to fill in the historical context? Perplexity.ai can help.
I will take a look at Perplexity.ai. Deerness was all farmland. It does have a church but no town as such. Mirland is the name of the farm they lived on. I couldn't find my source for that information but I believe we were told that by someone at the Orkney Family History Group when we visited in the 1990s.