This work reflects a comprehensive look at the Wardlaws when they lived in Scotland. The book is arranged in chronological time order from their very beginnings up to the late 1600's when the Wardlaws came to America. One of the first to immigrate was Sir Henry Wardlaw, who was made a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1630. This publication is based on the book "Wardlaws in Scotland", written in 1912 by John C. Gibson. The author has also included many photographs she took on her first trip to Scotland of many ancient Wardlaw places.

A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.