A lot of old records at the National Archives are written in longhand, but fewer people can read cursive. The institution is looking for volunteers to help decipher and digitize them.

If this is not an indication that we need to teach cursive handwriting in school, I don’t know what is. It started as given name, middle initial, last name. When I got my driver’s license ...

The last name initial (center) is larger than those on either side. Many girls with double first names aren't sure how their monogram should look after they get married. Start with the double name ...