While the contents of these transcriptions vary considerably, each one of them nonetheless identifies a Scots-German by name, date, and city of residence, and gives the source of information. In many instances, we learn something about an individual's parentage, spouse, vocation, or more. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2007, Dr. Dobson has consulted many new references--all of them identified in the back of the work--resulting in a 20 percent increase in the number of entries, or 1,450 Scots-Germans in all.