The Gwynn’s Island Museum opened for the season on Friday, offering visitors a chance to explore the history, ancestry and archaeology of the island. The museum houses a large collection of information relating to Gwynn’s Island’s founding families and is an excellent resource for anyone tracing their family history, said a press release. Tom Edwards, museum director and an avid historian, is on hand weekly to talk about the exhibits and history of Gwynn’s Island and to assist with any research. The Battle of Cricket Hill display now includes a British three-pounder cannonball that was found on Edwards Creek and is possibly from the Lady Charlotte or one of the other tenders stationed in Milford Haven during the July 1776 battle. John Mathiesen, who did research on the cannonball, said it most likely landed in Edwards Creek on the last day of the battle, which was also the last day of Lord Dunmore’s occupation of Gwynn’s Island. With the help of Gwynn’s Island Civic League Museum and F...