The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking ...

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 ...

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

The National Archives is appealing for anyone who can read cursive writing as over 200 years worth of US documents need ...

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 is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive. You can sign up online.

If you’re one of the dwindling number who can decipher this type of writing, the National Archives is hoping you have some ...

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible ...

With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers ...

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

"It's easy to do for a half hour a day or a week,” Suzanne Isaacs, community manager with the National Archives Catalog, said ...