Description: 1 page photocopy of history of Herrick name and the Herricks of Mount Desert Island, apparently taken from "Old Hancock County Families" by William DcDuff Pierce.
Description: 5 page photocopy of Herrick genealogy, based on material from the book "Gen. Reg. of Name and Family of Herrick" 1830, by Jedediah Herrick.
Description: Copy of photograph of Dottie Dyer Grindle in full length dress on steps of Sound Schoolhouse steps. On reverse is an explanation by Sylvia A Grindle Gillon of the source of the dress.
Description: Letter from Dana Rowe to MDI Historical Museum requesting information to clarify Mayo genealogy. Reference to Joseph and Ruth Mayo of Eastham, MA, and Mount Desert. Original and 1 copy.
Description: Photocopy of letter to Virginia Somes Sanderson discussing Somes family genealogical research. Letter also describes attachments which are cataloged separately in this Somes folder.
Description: Photocopy of handwritten document discussing the genealogy of the Somes who emigrated to Canada and particularly the question of whether people with the surnames Somes and Solmes are of the same family.
Description: Very large family Bible with names and descendants of Palmer and Gilley families. Includes marriages, births, deaths. Places for photos in back includes just one photo of Ruth Laraway (?) 1st. Inscribed "Christmas Gift from Mother and Father Palmer to Harry and Ida, December 25th 1887." Includes hand-written notes on stationery of Eunice Gilley, Jan. 1, 1978.