Sydney hit list See all stories. The hand-cut chips and spit-roast beef yeeros made by Greek expat Stamatios (Steve) “Taki” Plangetis, the original owner of Marrickville institution The Yeeros ...

In the mid 1970s when Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis proposed changing the Greek alphabet to Latin and making the Greek language phonetic, the minister of culture and a Parliament member ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

It's easy to do for a half hour a day or a week.” Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WVII) -- A Maine bill looks to bring back a classroom requirement from years past: learning how to write in cursive. The bill was submitted by Representative Joseph Underwood ...

Reading longhand script can help, but it is not required for some of the records. Revolutionary War pension records have a “no cursive required option,” where volunteers can help tag the ones ...

Cursive seems to be a lost art, but there’s an opportunity for history enthusiasts, who also still value the traditional handwriting style. The National Archives is looking for volunteers to ...

shironosov/Getty Reading cursive can now be added to the list of most-wanted skills — at least according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The federal organization tasked ...

These records, ranging from Revolutionary War pensions to immigration files, require deciphering cursive script, a skill increasingly rare in the digital age. Volunteers, called Citizen Archivists, ...

If you have expertise in reading cursive, then there’s an opportunity that might pique your interest. The National Archives is looking for someone who can transcribe (or classify) more than ...

If you're one of the shrinking amount of Americans who can read cursive, the National Park Service and the National Archives could use your skills. The loops, swoops, and wiggles of what was once the ...