In two volumes. Volume I: 601 pages including a 522 page index of family names, in alphabetical order, describing the crest of every name listed and where to find an illustration in the volume of plates; a glossary of heraldic terms and other words; and nearly seventy pages of family mottoes with translations of those in Latin, French or other foreign languages. Volume II: contains 130 plates, each depicting 15 family crests in b&w and a further 18 plates illustrating regalia, insignia, crowns, flags, monograms, arms of principal cities etc. also in b&w. There is a key to all the plates which, in the case of the crests, shows which families have which crest.

The families of two brothers Francis and William Webster who settled in Cedar City, Utah.

Henry Jolley, son of John and Louisa Bryan Jolley, was born 26 August 1789 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He married Frances Manning (1789-1844), daughter of Reuben Manning and Diana McCoy, 23 January 1806. In 1825, the Jolleys moved to Tennessee. They became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where Frances died 29 September 1844. After Frances' death, Henry married his second wife, Barbara. They journeyed to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 with the Amasa Lyman Company, settling first in Salt Lake City then later south in Grove Creek, which is now known as Pleasant Grove, Utah County. He died 20 December 1850. Descendants lived in Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington and elsewhere.