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- ↑ "Герб рода Скаржинских".
- ↑ "Сьпіс шляхецкіх родаў, прозьвішчы якіх пачынаюцца на «С»".
- ↑ L'ordre de la Noblesse, vol.6, Familles d'Europe enregistrées in Ordine Nobilitatis