"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

Do you remember the last time you wrote in cursive? Do you still know how to read it? If so, the National Archives is looking ...

Records range from Revolutionary War pension records and immigration documents to letters ... Using and reading cursive has been dying out in America All schoolchildren were once taught ...

One of the few ways soldiers could relay their experiences to others was to write letters in cursive. NANCY SULLIVAN ... they thought that all this deciphering would take 20 years, at least.

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like ... or tag records in our catalog,” Isaacs said. To volunteer, all that’s required is to sign up online and then launch in.

To volunteer, all that’s required is ... “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art form, it’s so uniform ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask volunteers to help us transcribe or tag records in our catalog,” Isaacs said. To volunteer, all ...