Dear Newsgroup, Researching the surname BOWNE world-wide. Onieda County N.Y. Bowne in the towns of Whitestown & Clayville near Paris,N.Y. N.Y. State Towns that the surname Bowne shows up are: Flushing, Yonkers, Newton, Gravesend, Westbury, North Hempstead, Buckram, New York City, New Rochelle, Matinecock, Purhcase, Cedar Swamp, Nine Partners, Sanford, Oyster Bay, Bridgehill, Walden, Coopersville, Poughkeepsie, Jericho, Glenn Cove, Fishkill, Jamaica, Tuckahoe, Rhynebeck, Rye, Homer, Penn Yan, East Orange, Tappen, Elmira, Morris, Utica The other side of BOWNE went to New Jersey, Mainly, Monmouth County area. Most of the BOWNE family still live east of the Mississippi River. I sent a surname list two weeks ago, but I re-write the list soon. There are some corrections. Please look in your local telephone book for the surname BOWNE. I will help do resarch for the Seattle area. Thanks, Audrey Seattle,WA