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References
- ↑ "Surname Database: McCormick Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database.
- ↑ "McCormack Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". January 2000.
- ↑ Robert Bell, Book of Ulster Surnames (Blackstaff Press/October 1989 ISBN 0-85640-416-0
- ↑ "Mccormick Name Meaning & Mccormick Family History at Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com.
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