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If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship ... the National Archives is hoping you have some free time—or a lot of it—to volunteer your skills.

But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school ... to do is sign up online. The free program is open to anyone with ...