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There are many lessons I learned from this project. One of the first is a very fundamental lesson. The easiest way to be successful in research is to choose a topic that grabs your imagination. I found it difficult to … Continue reading →

Monday night I went looking through newspaper databases for reference to Levi Bowen. I started with the 19th Century U.S. newspapers database, and entered the name “Levi Bowen” to search in Pennsylvania newspapers between 1839 and 1899. What I found … Continue reading →

The most frustrating thing about researching Levi Bowen had been the apparent lack of good sources, both primary and secondary that reference him. I say had because on friday I went back to the beginning and took a closer look … Continue reading →