KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (April 14, 2020) – The Pandemic of 2020 will go down in the annuls of history as a time when people’s lives were upended and forever changed. The Kennebunkport Historical Society is creating a record of how our local communities coped with the crisis, by collecting stories of what everyday people are doing...
Month: April 2020
Virtual volunteers helping Kennebunkport Historical Society transcribe archived records during Pandemic
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (April 8, 2020) – With people sequestering at home during the Pandemic, the Kennebunkport Historical Society’s Archivist, Sharon Cummins, saw an opportunity to engage local history buffs. In March she put out a call looking for “virtual volunteers” interested in transcribing handwritten records which can be difficult to read. The response was overwhelming. ...