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Can you read this? If so, the State Archives of North Carolina could use your expert eyes.
MANTEO The State Archives of North Carolina is looking for help in transcribing hundreds of old records with handwriting that one expert described as “colonial chicken scratch.”
The Virginian-Pilot reported last week that some of the documents are 300 years old. The state has put the records on a website called Transcribe NC.
Volunteers can take a stab at deciphering what they say.
The documents are written in an outdated style with large swirls and long tails. The site offers a tutorial on how to decode the writings.
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Hundreds of records written in hard-to-read cursive from three centuries ago include court records from early owners of Roanoke Island, European interaction with natives and the selling and freeing of slaves.