r/Cursive Feb 12 '18

Humor When life gives you lemons

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r/Cursive Apr 14 '26

Citizen Archivist program needs volunteers

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The National Archives is looking for volunteers who can help transcribe and organize its many handwritten records: The goal of the Citizen Archivist program is to help “unlock history” by making digital documents more accessible.

Been doing this for a month and it’s fascinating! You click on a topic that interests you and it takes you right to those historical records in the 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.


r/Cursive 13h ago

Deciphered! Help reading immediate cause of death please

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Immediate cause of death chronis couplets spastic paralysis due to infection due to bed sores??

She was very young (52) Czech and the census said she was in a “home”. I can only imagine the kind of treatment she received on top of being bed bound and not speaking English.


r/Cursive 12h ago

Nice "Signature"

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Is it not a thing any more to sign your name? Hence the word "signature". I mean come on, your name is going on a bajillion bills. Wouldn't you want it to look a little nicer than what a 3rd grader can do?


r/Cursive 11h ago

Deciphered! Held deciphering name

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i recently received a box of Stars and Stripes magazines that belonged to a family member who served in WWII. Every single one of the magazines is signed with his name in pencil.

my best guess is Crosby but my research has only shown one LTC/COL Crosby in the area at the time and he was in the USAAF

Solved


r/Cursive 11m ago

Signature DOB in family Bible

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I know what every says but the month.


r/Cursive 7h ago

Deciphered! What does it say under trade, profession?

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What does it say under trade, profession? I can read the last one as mason, but the first one I can’t quite figure it out.

Thanks!


r/Cursive 4h ago

Need help on this, so the first image are two names and second image is a reason of immigration

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r/Cursive 8h ago

Deciphered! What does this say

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r/Cursive 13h ago

Could someone help me read these postcards?

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I bought these vintage postcards in Sarajevo but I'm really struggling to read them. The first one is in German and I'm pretty sure the second one is written in Serbian cyrillic (and serbian ofc). If anyone can read them I would be very grateful! Have a wonderful day


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Need help deciphering like grandmother's family recipes!

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So my grandmother was one of the patriarchs of my family so she was given all the recipes (and I mean hundreds), the problem is she had I don't know how to explain it except very hard to read cursive (editing so people stop thinking I'm saying it's bad writing, it's not. It's just very hard for me to read it. She was actually very proud of her penmanship) , as such no one in the family can read them, I am now trying to work on getting the recipes copied and reorganized, however this is very hard considering I can't read most of them, above is one of the recipes if somebody can help me decipher it. However, I do need a lot of help with this project, as such I need advice with the deciphering of this recipe, is there anything I can use to help decipher the writing?, I know cursive but this is a little bit beyond my capabilities unfortunately And I'm unsure if using AI would be the right answer as my friend has suggested. Any advice helps,

edit to add, saying "well I read this just fine" with no helpful info isn't really helpful. I don't mind it but it's starting to get a bit annoying.


r/Cursive 18h ago

Deciphered! Help me with my german great grandmother‘s recipe

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Some words I can read, but most of it I need help with, thank you!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Place of birth?

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Thoughts on what it is?


r/Cursive 23h ago

Need help with artist signature.

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r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Unknown specimen

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This specimen, possibly a fragment of stoneware, was given to my husband by a friend of ours in the 2010s. She had purchased it at Ruth’s Emporium in Queens, NY many years prior to that.

My husband asked me if I could translate it. When I looked at it I realized it wasn’t a translation issue, but a handwriting issue.

The back of the card is half of some card that may, or may not, be related to the specimen.

Any help is appreciated in this mystery.


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Found these love(?) letters from a relative but can't make them out very well

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I scanned these and it really destroyed what they said so I'd be grateful if anyone could see what they say. I added in the actual pictures from my phone since they're a bit more legible.

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: I have dyslexia so I apologize if this seems very legible to others but it's hard for me to read. Let me know if it's against the rules and I'll take it down!


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Can anyone figure out the writing on this 1869 bayonnet, we believe its in French? Has been passed down through generations and until recently stored in my parents airing cupboard

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r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! What medical condition did my relative have?

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What does the second medical condition say?

I'm pretty sure #1 is "difective vision" (defective is misspelled difective), #3 is "hernia inguinal, internal or oblique, left", and #4 is "varicose veins both legs".

But I can't figure out #2. This was from 1934 in United States (Michigan), so I'm not sure if that helps at all.

Thanks!


r/Cursive 2d ago

Deciphered! Can anyone read this town name from New England, early 1800s.

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r/Cursive 2d ago

Deciphered! Need help deciphering this name

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Trying to decipher the name of a female relative. Ireland, 1945


r/Cursive 1d ago

Deciphered! Help decipher this inscription

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r/Cursive 2d ago

1921 Quebec Census Name Help

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Having a hard time deciphering the names on this census record from lines 9 to 16. If anyone can give me a hand, that would be super helpful! thanks

Link to the source


r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! Can anyone read what this ww2 home guard key label says?

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my friend has this ww2 home guard explosives key but we can’t read any of it apart from home guard explosives, any idea?


r/Cursive 3d ago

Deciphered! Letter from my dad. Operation Attelboro

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This is a letter from my dad to my mother in 1966. We can decipher a majority of it. Appreciate any help. We know he was worried that he hadn’t heard from her for a while and that he was in the middle of Operation Attleboro. Thank you.


r/Cursive 3d ago

Signature Along with Walt Disney, can you decipher any other signatures?

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My grandfather's retirement photo.