Gene, Yes, the name of the author is Rev. Thompson P. Ege and was published by Deemer and Jaison in Philadelphia in 1908. Ege's mother was a Dodson. It contains info on the three major Dodson Branches: Pennslyvania, Maryland Branch A, B, C(one of the A's is cont. in Virginia and N.C.) , Virginia and Miscellaneous Branches. The book has 435 pages. It also contains an essay on the orgins of the Penn Branches and an article on English ancestry of the Penn, New Jersey and Maryland Branches. The first known record that he found was in the Colonial annual of Virginia, "Dodson's Plantation". Maryland Colonial Records show the arrival of John Dodson in Maryland in 1650 who settled in Calvert and Charles counties. Their wills are of record there in 1733. I don't know where to get any more. Hope this helps. I am new at this. My own line is the Virginia Branch. He has some wonderful Indian stories associated with that line and with others too. John L. Dodson