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Citizen Archivist Missions

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Ready to start tagging and transcribing? We've curated these topical missions to help you jump in and contribute! Click on a topic that interests you, and it will bring you right to those historical records in our Catalog. Tagging and transcribing makes these records more accessible to everyone. New missions are added and updated regularly, so check back often to see what’s new.

New to our Citizen Archivist program? Learn how to register and get started and view the video How to Transcribe in the National Archives Catalog  and other how-to videos on the Resources page if you need instructions.

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Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription and Tagging Missions

The stories of over 80,000 men and women who lived through the American Revolution are waiting to be told. Will you help us tell them?

Join the transcription mission!                        Join the tagging mission!

 

Questions? Email us at citizenarchivist@nara.gov

Outside the Box Missions

Up for a challenge or something different? We often have records that require special work in order to make them more accessible. 

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Chinese Heritage

Chinese Heritage

Help us transcribe and tag records related to the Chinese Exclusion Era. We need your help transcribing these immigration records and tagging very specific details that will help provide greater access to these records. Please read the instructions on the mission page carefully and begin contributing.

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Featured Court Case

Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Virginia L. Feggins and Lynette Monroe v. Republican National Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Alex Hurtado, Ronald C. Kaufman, John A. Kelly

Transcribe the papers filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in the civil proceedings of the Democratic National Committee, et al. v. the Republican National Committee, et al. The lawsuit, filed by the Democratic National Committee, alleged that the Republican National Committee had engaged in voter intimidation.

Start transcribing now

 

Transcriber Task Force

Transcriber Task Force

Seeking expert transcribers! We’ve gathered records that have tricky elements for our expert transcribers. Here's what we'd like you to do:

  • Complete difficult transcriptions
  • Help decipher words that are marked [illegible]
  • Convert notations of [?]  [unreadable] or similar to [illegible].  We ask that you do this so that we’re consistent in how we indicate difficult words.

Get started transcribing!

1950 Census Transcription Projects

The 1950 Census is here! We're looking for help transcribing the initial name index for the 1950 Census. While you can transcribe any name or any page within the 1950 Census, we've identified several specific areas where we'd like your help transcribing.

Help refine the 1950 Census name index!

 

 

Questions? Email us at citizenarchivist@nara.gov