To engage citizen volunteers and make the American story more accessible, the National Archives is enlisting everyone it can in transcribing vast Revolutionary War pension files. (This also caught the ...
Has anyone ever asked you for your John Hancock? And if they did, did you know what they meant? In case you are unfamiliar with this expression, it refers to John Hancock’s signature on the ...
If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...
The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...
If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an opportunity that might pique your interest. The National Archives is looking for someone who can transcribe (or classify) more than ...
If you're one of the shrinking amount of Americans who can read cursive, the National Park Service and the National Archives could use your skills. The loops, swoops, and wiggles of what was once the ...
These documents include Revolutionary War pension records. People interested in participating can sign up on the National Archives website. If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an ...
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 ...