The age-herald., 1898-02-11
Hunting Up Pedigrees
 And the Way 1t Is Done

And the Way 1t Is Done
 With the growing fad for ancestral so- rieties there comes the pedigree dend, who Insists upon tracing back through an hon DraIble lineage of several generations, de- ypfte the fact that there may not be jingle family record to prove the claim.
 This anxiety to posses a pedigree has opened up a remunerative field where im- peounious psychologists may reap inc harvest. There are few things certain men and women more willingly pay for than } certified record of the previous existence Df a grandfather or great grandfather. The public libraries of the country and the pen- lion lists at Washington furnish the neces- tary data, and @ barren past indeed is that h which the professional genealogist can bot pick up some nugget that will lead to the discovery of mine of family connec- lions which may bear fortunately upon the present.
 In the south very little is known of these Jearchers among the family records, for nearly every family has its own history clearly and distinctly engraved upon the minds and hearts of individual members, Ind the necessary data to establish any slaim can easily be procured from the va- rfous branches or connections. But the Journals of the north are devoting much
 
 distinction. recent exchange says:
 Heraldry and genealogy pay pretty we'll As a profession. For getting up" pedi- gree these experts receive from $500 up into the thousands, according to the length of time and the amount of research re- Auired to make out the case. To add fam Fly antiquity to your luxurfes often means the sending out of the expert to Europe, which, of course, adds to the cost of it. A genealogy thus made up is delivered in the form of a typewriter manuscript, ready for the printer, with tables, pictures and coats-of-arms in their respective col ors The cost of printing and binding is over and above this compilation price, and when done in the proper style-vellum H. luminations, stamped or embossed leather and golden claSps-the first cost may be almost indefinitely increased.
 illustrations take particularly weil," says the herald already quoted. "They help to make the story vivid-castles, knights in armor and all that sort of thing I keep on the lookout for them all the time and whenever l find one that is likely to come in at any time l have a photograph taken of it and file it away for future ref erence. I always illustrate my books very Fully. I have large collection of such things and data generally, having been in the business a long time began long be- fore the present craze.'
 DO you think that this craze has any thing of the collector mania about it? Do you think people collect ancestors as they do china or books?'
 NO, I do not. It Is social, aristocratfc- the desire to get on, to be somebody
 And this desire is steady demand, and apparently steadily on the increase. There are a number of other professionals in addi- uon to the writer's informant regularly at work in the libraries of this city, Boston and Washington. There are also many To- ietc in Ma I'm md q Virginia cities who make a speciality of tracing pedigrees in town records. And now an Institute of Heraldry has been opened in the vicinity of the Waldorf Astoria which proposes to do this sort o1 thing as business enterprise, like any other. Here are some of the particulars from its circular-in black-letter:
 Pedigrees traced
 Family trees tabulated and engrossed upon vellum
 Searches made for arms, crests and mot toes
 Armorial-bearings examined and cor rected.
 Heraldic devices emblazoned and painted In accordance with the laws of heraldry, by competent artists as works of art, or upon oak or metal, for hall and library decoration.
 Arms of husband and wife blended.
 Implements and quarterings accurately added to arms.
 Heraldic dies engraved for note paper.
 Relief stamping in gold, silver, the bronzes and proper heraldic colors.
 Signet rings, jewelry and silver plate en- graved with crest coat-of-arms etc.
 Armorial stained glass windows.
 Correct colors for servants liveries, prop CT livery buttons and harness ornaments, 10 be used according to the >aws of her. Mdry.
 In England a knowledge of heraldry counts among the polite accomplishments, If only because "it is always pleasant to be familiar with the heraldric blazonry that appears upon the panels of aristocratic carriages" Apparently similar accom- plishment is going to be necessary here if those who haven't any ancestors and can't or won't buy them are not to be left quite out of touch with this new order of things American.
 Most of the American works bearing upon American geneaology are, however, with the other Americana of the New York library, at the Lenox. The New England Historical society library is the richest one in this country and the library at Washington comes next so that any con ,iderable research along these lines must include visits to one or both of them The