If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S.

The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly ...

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

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

Do you remember the good old days when our parents encouraged us to learn the English alphabet ... fairly certain you ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives ... as “typewriting”) and no longer required handwriting on the presumption that most of the writing students would do would be on computers.

a professor of English at Texas A&M University - Texarkana whose students take part in the Citizen Archivist work, putting their skills reading old documents to work. A student at Orangethorpe ...

Though sometimes the oldest writing is the easiest to read ... Not only was I brushing up on my cursive, but my old English as well,” she said. The Archive’s Isaacs is clear that volunteers ...

WASHINGTON — Reading cursive writing is a skill that could be fading away over time. But if you know how to read cursive, the National Archives could use your help. The U.S. National Archives ...