A brief history of Maryland introduces this work, followed by brief items of interest concerning early Badens of Maryland, including John Baden, Sr. (died 1824). Genealogical data are provided for the following Badens and their descendants: John Baden (1732-1824), John Thomas Baden (born 1792), John Henry Baden (1839-1905), Thomas Early, Sr. (1760-1816), John B. Baden (1831-1873), Jeremiah Smith Baden (1840-1923), Thomas Baden (born 1732), John Robert Baden (1810-1870), Alexander Baden, Thomas George Baden (born 1810), Susanna Isabella Rebecca Baden, and Robert William Gover Baden (1815-1882). Additional chapters are devoted to Richard Brightwell (1658-1758), the Lawson family, Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families, and, Robert Roberts and Joseph Noble. Entries vary greatly in length, but typically include (as available): names of parents, name of spouse(s), names of children, date of birth, date and place of marriage, place of residence, date of death and place of burial. Children listed within the entry include date and place of birth, and may also include (as available): date and place of marriage, name of spouse, and date of death. Siblings are occasionally listed. A list of marriages; transcripts of obituaries and land records; a wealth of facsimile reprints of original documents such as birth, marriage, survey, military, cemetery, pension, death, probate, wills, and other records; and, photos of grave markers and more enhance the text. A full-name index completes this work.