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Jersey mike
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« on: January 12, 2025, 12:37:02 PM »
I guess if you’re into reading and national history and politics the National Archives can use some help, if you can read cursive writing from the time periods.


“ Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.”

Those records range from Revolutionary War pension records to the field notes of Charles Mason of the Mason-Dixon Line to immigration documents from the 1890s to Japanese evacuation records to the 1950 Census.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/read-cursive-superpower-national-archives-100612982.html
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2025, 06:18:59 PM »
Don't know why they say it's a superhuman power, anybody over the age of about 70 should be able to do it.  Wink
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98valk
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2025, 07:10:46 PM »
so they are still working on re-writing history using preselected volunteers?
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2025, 04:10:35 AM »
I just thought some may find this interesting or may knkw someone else who may be interested in reading and transcribing old historical papers in spare time or as a little side project.
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2025, 05:08:38 AM »
how about just teaching the rug rats to read and write cursive BEFORE print block letters ?
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2025, 09:57:08 AM »
Quote from: Oss on January 13, 2025, 05:08:38 AM
how about just teaching the rug rats to read and write cursive BEFORE print block letters ?
Agreed! They need to get back to "reading, writing, & arithmetic."
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