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Can You Read This Cursive Handwriting? The National Archives Wants Your Help
The National Archives is brimming with historical documents written in cursive, including some that date back more than 200 years. But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school.
Know how to read cursive? The National Archives wants you
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seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe more than 200 years worth of hand-written historical documents. Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship .
Can you read cursive? The National Archives needs volunteers with your 'superpower'
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive. You can sign up online.
National Archives Is Seeking Volunteers Who Have the ‘Superpower’ of Reading Cursive — Which Only 24 States Still Teach
"It's easy to do for a half hour a day or a week,” Suzanne Isaacs, community manager with the National Archives Catalog, said
Can you read cursive? The National Archives is seeking your help
People interested in participating can sign up on the National Archives website. 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 200 years’ worth of U.S. documents.
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