This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howland, Gorham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BiZ.2ACIB/291.1 Message Board Post: Here is a good Gorham Family Book: JOHN HOWLAND OF THE MAYFLOWER, Vol 1, The First Five Generations; Documented descendants through his first child Desire2 Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham. By Elizabeth Pearson White, CG, FASG, FNGS. 736 pp. Maps, illus, printed endsheets, 12,455 entry Every Name Index. Smythe sewn and hard cover. 1990. #1131 $59.50 You can order it from Picton Press http://www.pictonpress.com/ I don't have anything to do with this publisher; I reccommend the book because I believe it is the definitive work on the subject of the Mayflower branch of the Gorhams.