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- 1 2 Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com , retrieved 4 January 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 , for the surnames "Corrie".
- 1 2 Irish Ancestors, Irishtimes.com (www.irishtimes.com), archived from the original on 13 May 2016, retrieved 4 January 2011, which cited: MacLysaght, Edward (1982), More Irish Families, Dublin
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), for the surname "Corry". - ↑ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com , retrieved 4 January 2011, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 , for the surnames "McGorry".
- ↑ Irish Ancestors, Irishtimes.com (www.irishtimes.com), archived from the original on 13 May 2016, retrieved 4 January 2011, which cited: de Bhulbh, Seán (1997), Sloinnte na hÉireann - Irish Surnames, Comharchumann Íde Naofa, for the surname "Corrie".
- ↑ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 172
- ↑ Anderson, William (1877), The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland, vol. 1, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co., p. 684
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