Citizen Archivist Missions
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.
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Revolutionary War Pension Files Transcription Mission
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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
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.
Featured Court Case
Samuel L. Clemens vs. Alexander Belford, James Clarke, and Belford, Clarke & Company
Help us transcribe a civil case heard in the U.S. Circuit Court, Chicago in which Alexander Belford and James Clarke, doing business as Belford, Clarke & Co. were accused of publishing the book "Sketches by Mark Twain" by Samuel L. Clemens without permission.
Transcriber Task Force
Seeking expert transcribers! We’ve gathered records that have tricky elements for our expert transcribers. You may find only a few pages that are difficult or the whole record. If you’d like to join our Transcriber Task Force and get emails for special projects, send us an email citizenarchivist@nara.gov
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.
Featured Records
Jump in and help us transcribe these individual records. Documenting events throughout United States history, transcribers of all skill levels are sure to find something new and interesting in these featured records!
Beginner
- 88-1142: Larry Milton, et. al. v. Bill Clinton, et. al. Transcribe this record.
- Indictment filed in case of United States v. Columbus C. Nash, et al Transcribe this record.
- Presidential Trips - Sextant Conference (Cairo-Teheran), Papers and Minutes of Meetings, Sextant and Eureka Conferences - November-December 1943 Transcribe this record.
- Exxon Valdez - Files, August 1989 - September 1990 (2 of 5) Transcribe this record.
- [Folder 447] U.S. Virgin Islands - Crew Leader's Guide Transcribe this record.
- Air Force Award Cards [Commendation Medal]: Howard, Adrian - Irvine, William Transcribe this record.
- Special Subject Files - Italy (1), Sec. 2 - Surrender of Italy - August 16-September 15, 1943 Transcribe this record.
- Correspondence - Answered, 8/13/76 Transcribe this record.
- Cable Number 979, General Headquarters A.E.F, 23 April 1918 Transcribe this record.
- Jackson, Henry [1] Transcribe this record.
Intermediate
- Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, Lists of American Escapees and Evaders Transcribe this record.
- Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Athens, Greece, 1837-1906, Despatches: July 1, 1890 - November 28, 1898 Transcribe this record.
- Series: Card Index to U.S. Navy General Court Martial Files, Pit Transcribe this record.
- M179 - Miscellaneous Letters of the Department of State, 1789-1906, January 3, 1806 - December 31, 1807 Transcribe this record.
- Despatches from U.S. Ministers to the Italian States, 1832-1906, Italy: Apr. 15-Dec, 27, 1899 Transcribe this record.
- U.S. v. Volney Davis Transcribe this record.
- A Hopi (Moqui) petition signed by all the Chiefs and headmen of the tribe asking the Federal Government to give them title to their lands instead of individually allotting each tribal member. Transcribe this record.
Advanced
- USCG Sherman, 11/01/1970 - 11/30/1970 Transcribe this record.
- General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002, Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Liverpool, England, 1790-1906, Despatches: July 1 - December 23, 1863 Transcribe this record.
- 1910-1920: Incoming Miscellaneous Executive Bureaus: Fuel Administration, 03/09/1918 To Railroad Administration, 11/15/1919 Transcribe this record.
- General Index to Appointments, 7/1932 - 6/1935, General Index Book 1 Transcribe this record.
- Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Athens, Greece, 1837-1906, Despatches: January 16, 1898 - June 30, 1904 Transcribe this record.
- Records of Hospital Supplies Transcribe this record.
- McWilliams, Julia C. [Julia Child], Employment Action Form Transcribe this record.
- Approved Pension File for Terrick T. Compton, Father of Private William Compton, Company H, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment (WC-230113) Transcribe this record.
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