Hi, This is a message to those people who are researching the surnames BOWER[S], BAUER[S], and their variant spellings. . . I want to let you know that I've opened a website called the Bower Family Homestead at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4501 . It's dedicated solely to the BOWER[S], BAUER[S], etc. surnames worldwide and although rather small now, will have lots of goodies for BOWER researchers. I invite you to drop in and look around, perhaps even sign my guestbook, or leave a message to let me know how I'm doing or if you'd like to contribute to the Homestead. If you have a BOWER-[or variant spelling] related webpage and would like to link to the Bower Family Homestead, please let me know. In return, I'll establish a link to yours. Also, I've begun a BOWER mailing list. You can join at the Homestead, or send an email to [email protected] and put the word subscribe on the top line of the message part of your email. I hope you'll join us. Colleen Pustola [email protected]