Gowen Research Foundation, a non-profit heritage society has six purposes:
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1. To preserve and promulgate the heritage of the family,
dealing not with just a study of the "begats," but with the
accomplishments and contributions of the family members as
well.
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2. To assist individual family members to find their "place" in
lineage and to understand the motivation for the actions and
the moves of their ancestors and the sacrifices they made for
the family.
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3. To unite the familia in toto and to undo the divisive damage
done by careless recorders who have brought about the dozens of
spelling variations of our surname.
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4. To instill in the younger generation an appreciation of their
heritage and a knowledge of the effort expended to bring the
family to its present position, and to make certain that young
and old alike will manifest a family pride that will be handed
down for generations to come.
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5. To arrange research conferences, family gatherings and
meetings of the Editorial Board of Directors to determine the
best methods of collecting, editing and promulgating the family
narrative through the Foundation manuscript, the Foundation
Library and the Electronic Library.
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| 6. To operate an Electronic Library, address:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf
on the Internet and to offer free assistance to researchers
worldwide by E-mail, address: [email protected]. |