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Welcome to the Gowen Research Foundation

The Foundation is dedicated to the task of gathering and compiling historical
and genealogical data pertaining to the surname in all of its various renderings:

Gawan Gawans Gawen Gawens Gawin

Gawins Gawn Gawne Gawnes Goain

Goains Goan Goane Goans Goen

Goene Goens Goin Goines Going

Goings Goins Gorin Gouen Gouens

Gowain Gowan Gowane Gowanes Gowans

Gowen Gowene Gowens Gowin Gowine

Gowing Gowins Gown Gowne Gownes

Gowyn Goyen Goyens Goyne Goynes

Goynne McGowan McGowen McGowin O'Gowan

O'Gowen O'Gowin

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The Gowen Manuscript -- All sections of the Gowen Manuscript are here for you to research your roots.

Printed Newsletters

Electronic Newsletters -- Here is an archive of foundation newsletters that you can read or download for your own records.

Dear Cousins -- Letters from your kinsmen reveal much about you and your ancestors. This is an open stack of the ElectronicLibrary filled with news, views and clues. And perhaps you can supply the answer to a cousin's query.

Melungia ~The Land of the Melungeons~
The mystery of the Melungeons has long intrigued researchers of many generations. Various researchers have advanced theories. Were they Portuguese?...Moors? ...Native Americans?...Carthagenians?...Phoenicians?...Africans?...Turks? ...the Lost Tribes of Israel?...Sephardic Jews?...all of the above?...none of the above? Click on Melungia, a closed-stack of the Electronic Library available to members only, and read what the experts have written about the Melungeons and arrive at your own conclusions.

You are welcome to write your own Dear Cousins letter for inclusion in the Electronic Library at no charge. Your genealogical manuscripts, narratives of your forebears, ancestor charts and computer files are solicited for the Library. Mail your material to the Foundation at 5708 Gary Avenue, Lubbock Texas, 79413-4822 or E-mail it to gowen@sbcglobal.net. Ownership of your material and copyright privileges remain with you, and editorial credit will be given to you for your literary contributions.

The Gowen Manuscript	-- All sections of the Gowen Manuscript are here for you to research your roots.
Printed Newsletters
Electronic Newsletters	-- Here is an archive of foundation newsletters that you can read or download for your own records.
Dear Cousins	-- Letters from your kinsmen reveal much about you and your ancestors. This is an open stack of the ElectronicLibrary filled with news, views and clues. And perhaps you can supply the answer to a cousin's query.
Melungia	~The Land of the Melungeons~ The mystery of the Melungeons has long intrigued researchers of many generations. Various researchers have advanced theories. Were they Portuguese?...Moors? ...Native Americans?...Carthagenians?...Phoenicians?...Africans?...Turks? ...the Lost Tribes of Israel?...Sephardic Jews?...all of the above?...none of the above? Click on Melungia, a closed-stack of the Electronic Library available to members only, and read what the experts have written about the Melungeons and arrive at your own conclusions.