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

A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

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

Reading cursive is a superpower,” Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, DC, ...

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 ...

People interested in participating can sign up on the National Archives website. If you have expertise in reading cursive, ...

American’s skill with this connected form ... A student at Orangethorpe Elementary School practices writing cursive as California grade school students are being required to learn cursive ...