TranscribeNC | NC Archives

About TranscribeNC

TranscribeNC is the State Archives' crowdsourced transcription project. Anyone can participate! Sign up to help us improve access to North Carolina's history by transcribing historic documents from our digital collections. We have many types of records, from the American Revolution to the mid-20th century, that need transcription, so you can pick something that sparks your interest.

How does it work?

Anyone can participate in TranscribeNC. Create an account on FromThePage, which is where our TranscribeNC projects are hosted. Transcribe a document or review someone else's transcription for accuracy and completeness. We provide guidance to help you decipher historical handwriting and format your transcriptions.

Completed transcriptions are reviewed and added to the North Carolina Digital Collections. These transcriptions help researchers by making documents easier to read and improving their searchability.

Ready to get started? Click the button below to create a FromThePage account and begin your transcription journey today!

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Guidance

Video: Introduction to Using FromThePage

Transcription Style Guides

Handwriting Resources

We add new items all the time, so check back frequently to see what's available for transcription.

Questions about TranscribeNC? Email us at archives.projects@dncr.nc.gov.

Current Projects

America 250

This collection builds upon the transcription work taking place in the Revolutionary War collection, with a curated collection of materials earmarked for use in programming and education as America prepares to observe its 250th anniversary.

Cohabitation Record with red text on a white background.

Cohabitation Records

This collection features records legitimizing the marriages of formerly enslaved people.

Regulator Movement

Records from the Regulator Movement, a brief uprising in eastern North Carolina from 1768 to 1771, before the start of the American Revolution.

Revolutionary War Era

A selection of documents from the Revolutionary War Era in North Carolina.

Will Books

Part of the Secretary of State wills collection, this is a series of bound recorded copies of probated wills. Some volumes also contain recorded deeds, inventories of estates, powers of attorney, commissions, proceedings of the Court of Chancery, and Council minutes.

Six women in uniform around a table with flowers.

Women's History

This collection of documents provides a glimpse into the lives of North Carolina women as they changed history in our state and the nation during the 19th and 20th centuries