To date, more than 4,000 Revolutionary War Pension Project volunteers have typed up the content of over 80,000 pages of ...

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 ...

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

America’s premiere record-keeping department is looking for volunteers who are familiar with the dying art of cursive ...

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

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