To date, more than 4,000 Revolutionary War Pension Project volunteers have typed up the content of over 80,000 pages of pension files ...

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

National Handwriting Day, celebrated on January 23rd, honors the artistry and personal touch of handwriting. Established in ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask volunteers to help us transcribe or tag records in our catalog,” Isaacs said. To ...

The National Archives' Citizen Archivist program is recruiting volunteers to help transcribe thousands of documents in its ...

The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking ...

The National Archives uses Citizen Archivists who volunteer to help transcribe such materials. The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask ...

With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers ...

With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

Attention! All you older folks (like me) reading this who were taught penmanship in school! The National Archives needs you!!