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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.

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Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

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

For detailed instructions on how to transcribe, you can watch the video below: The agency's need for volunteers comes after reading and writing in cursive are no longer being taught significantly in ...

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