The Table of Contents includes the following: Part I: I. History and Causes of Emigration; II. Family and Ancestral Research; III. Lists of Places of Emigration; IV. List of the Mother Colonies; V. Emigration to Hungary and on to South Russia; VI. Emigration to Poland, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Silesia, and on to South Russia; VII. Alphabetical Index of the Emigrants from Germany to Russia.
Part II includes the following: A. Revision Lists; A1. Immigration Lists, Russian Cities; B. Passport Lists; C. List of the Mother Colonies in the Black Sea Region; C1. Supplementary additions, Volga Region and Black Sea Area; and Indexes of the Included Maps.