Local historian and genealogist Lynne Birlem has compiled an outstanding database of thousands of entries of Mount Desert Island genealogy and made it available online at ancestry.com. Log in there if you’re a member of Ancestry to explore all the intriguing notes and photos she’s gathered and included in her extensive, marvelous Mount Desert genealogy.  [Search for MountdesertLB_2009-02….].  If you’re not a member of Ancestry, this link accesses the basic family tree:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mectremo/genea/birlem.htm.