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- 1 2 Thurston Family History, Ancestry.com , retrieved 19 February 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 .
- ↑ Thurston, Encyclopedia.com , retrieved 19 February 2012. This webpage cited: Mills, A. D. (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 .
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