The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe more than 200 years worth of hand-written historical documents. Most of these are from the Revolutionary War-era, known for looped and flowing penmanship .

Reading cursive is a superpower,” said Suzanne Isaacs, a community manager with the National Archives Catalog in Washington, D.C.

"It's easy to do for a half hour a day or a week,” Suzanne Isaacs, community manager with the National Archives Catalog, said

On Wednesday, “All Indiana” Hosts Cody Adams and Felicia Michelle faced off to see who has the best cursive handwriting. In an age where cursive handwriting is becoming less common in schools, the National Archives is taking action to preserve and make historical documents more accessible to future generations.

The National Archives is recruiting volunteers to help transcribe millions of handwritten documents, many in cursive, spanning over 200 years. These records, ranging from Revolutionary War pensions to immigration files, require deciphering cursive script, a skill increasingly rare in the digital age.

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Archives is looking for volunteers to help transcribe historic documents ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The archive has documents dating back to the Revolutionary War that are written in cursive and need to be transcribed.

With the ability to read and write cursive becoming more rare, the National Archives is looking for some important volunteers.