Recently, the National Archives in Washington, D.C., put out a plea for volunteers with the ability to read cursive writing to help with efforts to transcribe or catalog 200 years of U.S ...

shironosov/Getty Reading cursive can now be added to the list of most-wanted skills — at least according to the U.S. National Archives ... sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay ...

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 ... day Saints that offers free genealogical software ...

Although cursive remains an important skill for those keeping the history of the U.S., it's fallen out of favor as block writing, similar to the print that appears on computers, is used as the ...