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SUMMARY:Revolutionary War Document Transcription 
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DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independen
 ce\, Memorial Hall Library is hosting a small group project to help transc
 ribe Revolutionary War pension documents..\nhttps://mhl.libnet.info/event/
 15945341
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The National Archives has digitized and ma
 de available thousands of 18th and 19th century United States military ser
 vice pension applications and other records such as bounty land warrants a
 nd surviving family information.</p>\n<p>At this time\, there are thousand
 s of handwritten pages pertaining to the service pensions of Massachusetts
  soldiers in need of transcription. The project requires that transcribers
  be able to read cursive and be curious and motivated to decipher older sc
 ript styles.</p>\n<p>Project participants must have basic computer skills 
 such as keyboarding and navigating websites. Participants are required to 
 have an email account and make a free account on the National Archives and
  Records Administration (NARA) catalog site. Training will be provided\, a
 nd laptop computers will be available. Participants are welcome to bring t
 heir own computers.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>We will meet twice in the month 
 of April to learn how to transcribe and work together to transcribe record
 s that contain valuable details about Revolutionary War veterans and their
  families such as rank\, unit\, period of service\, age\, residence\, date
  and place of marriage\, and date and place of death of service member and
  their spouse. Also\, within these records\, you may find copies of marria
 ge or other family records\, information pertaining to military activities
  or details about soldiers' lives\, along with letters\, diaries\, or fami
 ly trees.</p>\n<p>At the end of the second meeting\, we will consider cont
 inuing the project in May and/or recruiting new participants.&nbsp\; This 
 is a fun way to contribute to preserving vital genealogical and historical
  details&mdash\;such as soldiers' names\, service records\, and family sto
 ries&mdash\;while fostering researchers ability to discover hidden stories
  in time for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution which is fas
 t approaching. Join us!</p>\n<p>Questions? Email Stephanie Aude\, Referenc
 e Librarian <a href="mailto:saude@mhl.org">saude@mhl.org</a>&nbsp\;or call
  978-623-8436.</p>\nhttps://mhl.libnet.info/event/15945341
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