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References
- ↑ General Abbreviations at oxforddnb.com (accessed 1 January 2008)
- ↑ Glen, William Cunningham and Alexander Glen, The Law Relating to the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England (1875) Knight (pub), Oxford, England. Republished at Google Books. (accessed 3 January 2008)
- 1 2 Probate in Ireland, Part 1: From 1858 at ancestry.com (accessed 1 January 2008)
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