Calm yourselves.

I know it’s a shock. You haven’t seen hide nor hair from this blog since July of 2017. And now, out of the blue, getting a notice alerting you to its existence… That can be a little unnerving.

None-the-less, I’m back. Which is to say I haven’t really been gone, just silent. Busy. And not busy. Not writing. But definitely not gone, either.

However, despite the silence, I’ve still been digging into family histories and now I’m ready to start sharing again.

I hope you’re ready to start hearing.

For this week, however, I’ll just share a link that should excite general history lovers everywhere. (If you’re not a general history lover, not to worry. Next Friday I’ll be back with some actual family history, which is, after all, what this blog is all about.)

Library of Congress Crowd: The Library of Congress is getting the public involved in history by asking for our help in transcribing historical correspondence into digital format. It requires the ability to read cursive (Hear that, School Administrators? Yet another reason to teach cursive to our nation’s children.). It also helps if you’re good at deciphering curly-cue script and/or reading instructions scribbled by your doctor.

PS: To clarify the blog title, the Library of Congress is not a “sponsor.” I was just trying to make a slightly humorous reference to the fact that there wasn’t going to be any real family history in this post, just a message… from me… who’s not a sponsor at all… if you get my drift. 🙂 Sorry for the confusion.