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This interesting historical work contains practical ways of tracing one's ancestry. It covered every phase of the subject dealing with the sources of information, research methods, compiling, printing, and publishing of a genealogy. This small volume offered more than a mere theory of proceeding in genealogical work. It provided time-saving sources designed for each kind of genealogy and explained how the genealogical department was placed at the reader's service during that period. Contents include: Ancestry Hunting The Joys of Research Compiling The "Clan" Genealogy The "Grafton" Genealogy The Printing Publishing
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Jay Gould was an individual who for a century has been singled out as the most unscrupulous of the turn-of-the-century robber barons. In this splendid biography Maury Klein paints the most complete portrait of the notorious Gould ever written. Klein's Gould is a brilliant but ruthless businessman who merged dying railroads into expansive, profit-making lines, including the giant Union Pacific. 40 illustrations.