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

Do you want something challenging to tackle? Can you read cursive handwriting? If so, the National Archives and the National ...

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

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

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

Jan. 23, is the birthday of John Hancock — the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence — and in a nod to his place in history, it’s also National Handwriting Day. In 2010, a ...

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.

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 ...

The National Archives is appealing for anyone who can read cursive writing as over 200 years worth of US documents need ...

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 ...