Sunday, January 1, 2012

Index to County Compass Articles

From Little Acorns ~ 2009
  • ESSENCE OF GENEALOGY TO LINK GENERATIONS Week of April 2-8, 2009
  • CREATION OF YOUR FAMILY TREE BEGINS WITH YOU Week of May 7-13, 2009
  • RECORDS VITAL TO SEARCH Week of June 4-10, 2009
  • CENSUS MAY UNCOVER HIDDEN ROOTS OF FAMILY TREE Week of July 2-8, 2009
  • GENEALOGY LINKS MIGHT COME IN ON SHIP MANIFESTS Week of July 30-August 5, 2009
  • KEEP FAMILY TREE CHRONOLOGICALLY Week of August 27-September 2, 2009
  • HANDWRITING ON WALL MAY NOT BE SO EASY TO READ Week of September 24-20, 2009
  • LEARNING FROM PAST NEVER GETS OLD Week of October 22-28, 2009
  • MILITARY RECORDS OFFER TREASURE TROVE FOR GENEALOGISTS Week of November 19-25, 2009
From Little Acorns ~ 2010
  • NATION’S FIRST WAR OFFERS INSIGHT INTO ANCESTRY Week of December 23, 2009-January 6, 2010
  • WAR PENSIONS KEY TO ANCESTRAL CLUES Week of January 14-20, 2010
  • CIVIL WAR RECORDS AID SEARCH FOR ANCESTORS Week of February 18-24, 2010
  • AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AIDS GENEALOGY RESEARCH Week of March 18-24, 2010
  • ANCESTORS HEADED WEST TO NAB 160 ACRES FOR $18 Week of April 22-28, 2010
  • SMOKE SIGNALS, POWWOWS, PEACE PIPES MIGHT BE PART OF ONE’S ANCESTRY Week of May 13-19, 2010
  • BEFORE INTERNET DATING, ANCESTORS PERUSED MATRIMONIAL NEWS Week of June 10-16, 2010
  • WOMEN DIFFICULT TO FIND FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCHERS Week of July 21-28, 2010
  • HELMUT HIDING HEAD? NO PROBLEM, JUST FOCUS ON THE COAT OF ARMS Week of August 26-September 1, 2010
  • DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS FIND WEALTH OF INFORMATION IN ALIEN REGISTRATIONS Week of September 16-22, 2010
  • GENEALOGIST OFFERS CLUES TO TRACKING DOWN HARD-TO-FIND ANCESTORS Week of October 21-27, 2010
  • CLUES ON HOW TO FIND THAT LONG FORGOTTEN HOMESTEAD Week of November 18-24, 2010
  • PHONETIC PROCESS, PATENTED IN 1918, CAN AID TODAY'S ANCESTRAL SEARCHES Week of December 16~22, 2010
From Little Acorns ~ 2011
  • NEW YEAR FOR DANES WOULD TRIGGER ARRESTS FOR LITTERING ELSEWHERE IN WORLD Week of January 6~12, 2011
  • IMMIGRATION OF YESTERYEAR, DOCUMENTATION AT ELLIS ISLAND NO HAPHAZARD AFFAIR Week of January 20~26, 2011 
  • PEDIGREE, OR FAMILY TREE IS FIRST STEP IN GENEALOGY 101 Week of March 10-16, 2011
  • SOLVING THE RIDDLE OF AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH MAKES THIS GENEALOGIST ONE HAPPY CAMPER Week of April 7~13, 2011
  • WOMEN IN DISGUISE SERVED AS CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, PHYSICAL EXAMS SELDOM RIGOROUS Week of May 5~11, 2011
  • IF SEARCH REVEALS JUICY SECRETS OR SKELETONS, THINK TWICE BEFORE SHARING Week of June 9~15, 2011
  • PROJECT COULD IDENTIFY ORIGINS OF AFRICANS TRANSPORTED IN SLAVE TRACE Week of June 30~July 6, 2011
  • SUITABLE WIVES HARD TO FIND IN STRANGE, SETTLEMENT-POOR 'NEW WORLD' Week of August 4~10, 2011
  • EXPECT TO MAKE ERRORS. NOT ALL GENEALOGY RESEARCH IS TOP SHELF Week of August 25~31, 2011
  • HEADLINE FROM '33 RINGS TRUE TODAY ~ ANCESTORS DEALTH WITH DISASTERS TOO Week of September 29~October 5, 2011
  • EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT COUNTY BOUNDARIES ~ AND THEN SOME! Week of October 13~19, 2011
  • SECRET HANDSHAKES, INSIGNIAS OFFER INSIGHTS ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS Week of November 10~16, 2011
  • IF YOUR ANCESTOR IS THE ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING OF BRITISH ROYALTY, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Week of December 22-28, 2011
From Little Acorns ~ 2012
  • CAREERS, JOBS OFTEN DEFINED LIVES OF OUR ANCESTORS Week of January 12~18, 2012
  • RESEARCHING FRENCH ANCESTORS REQUIRES BEAUCOUP WORK! Week of February 16~22, 2012
  • DOCUMENTS THAT SURVIVED HOLOCAUST HELPFUL IN TRACKING JEWISH ANCESTORS Week of March 15~21, 2012
  • CENSUS FROM 1940 OFFERS TREASURE TROVE OF ANCESTRAL DATA Week of May 3~9, 2012
  • GOT YOUR THINKING CAP ON? GENETIC DNA TESTING CAN GET CONFUSING Week of May 31~June 6, 2012
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