Volunteers deciphering first-person Revolutionary War accounts written in cursive
Summary
Volunteers in the United States are helping the National Archives read and type out old handwritten documents from the Revolutionary War. These documents include about 2.5 million pages of pension files, which are records related to payments made to war veterans.Key Facts
- Volunteers are reading handwritten papers from the Revolutionary War period.
- The documents are written in cursive, which can be hard to read today.
- These papers come from pension files, which are records about money given to veterans.
- There are about 2.5 million pages that need to be transcribed.
- The project helps preserve history and makes the information easier to access.
- The National Archives organizes this work.
- People helping with this task are called "citizen archivists."
- This effort relies on ordinary Americans volunteering their time and skills.
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