Source List

STUDIES

1. Abernethy Census: The GRO(S) Ref. No. is 326; data available in the county page for general information and Church Records:  http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/PER/Abernethy/index.html
2. Abernethy Marriages, 1845-1917 are located in the National Archives of Scotland, Ref: CH2 743/5
3. Ancestry.com
4. Ancestry.com - 1920 United States Federal Census
5. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950, www.Ancestry.com
6. Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939, www.Ancestry.com
7. Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939, www.Ancestry.com
8. Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992, www.Ancestry.com
9. Arkansas Marriages, 1820-1949, www.Ancestry.com
10. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900, www.Ancestry.com
11. Armies of the Revolution
12. Bussey, Collier, Edwards, Hays, Lemastre, Myhill, Williams, Home Page: Ann's Genealogy. Contact: ajobebrown (ann@personainternet.com), a Root's Web World Connect Project
13. Carolina House of Commons, 1779 records: 13 N. Carolina colony and State Records, pp 811-1000
14. Cousins, Calcis, and other kin - 2006; http://wc.rootsweb.com and genealogy@calcis.us (C. Abernathy)
15. DeathRecords.Document
16. Descendants of Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Boon: http://wc.rootsweb.com; ajobebrown
17. www.FreeGenealogyArchives.com
18. The Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0-19-508137-4
19. The Gazeteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882
20. Home Page: Calcis, ALabama is my home: C. Abernathy: genealogy@calcis.us
21. http://www.gencircles.com/users/kathysum/2/data/17705
22. http://www.gencircles.com/usersjoannhelton/3/data/14696
23. http://www.gencircles.com/users/justicestore/27/data99 
24. www.genebase.com
25. http://genforum.genealogy.com/abernathy/messages/269.html 
26. Georgia Deaths, 1919 - 98, www.Ancestry.com
27. Georgia Marriages, to 1850, www.Ancestry.com
28. Georgia Marriages, 1699 - 1944, www.Ancestry.com
29. Georgia Marriages, 1851 - 1900, www.Ancestry.com
30. Illinois Marriages - 1850, www.Ancestry.com
31. Illinois Marriages, 1790 - 1860, www.Ancestry.com 
32. Illinois Marriages, 1851 - 1900, www.Ancestry.com 
33. Indiana Births, 1880-1920, www.Ancestry.com 
34. Indiana Deaths, 1882 - 1920, www.Ancestry.com 
35. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800 - 1941, www.Ancestry.com 
36. Indiana Marriages, 1802 - 1892, www.Ancestry.com 
37. Kansas Marriage Index, 1854 - 73, www.Ancestry.com 
38. Kentucky Marriages, 1802 - 1850, www.Ancestry.com 
39. Kentucky Marriages, 1851 - 1900, www.Ancestry.com 
40. M432, roll 63, page 156 (M refers to microfim source): Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150 USA
41. Militia Records, Granville County, NC 1752
42. Missouri Marriages to 1850, www.Ancestry.com 
43. Missouri Marriages, 1766 - 1983, www.Ancestry.com 
44. Missouri Marriages, 1851 - 1900, www.Ancestry.com 
45. Missouri Newspaper Death Index, www.Ancestry.com 
46. Monumental inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (sources only): http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/PER/Abernethy/index.html
47. NC Col. and State Records, Vol. 22, pp 309, 368, 369,370, 372
48. North Carolina Birth index, 1800-2000, www.Ancestry.com 
49. North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996, www.Ancestry.com 
50. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000, www.Ancestry.com 
51. Oscar Abernathy, Sr. Line: Buchroeder: buchroeder@telus.net (GEDCOM index); contact: David (also, Oscar Abernathy Line)
52. Polk County, Arkansas Marriages, 1901-05, www.Ancestry.com 
53. Polk County, Arkansas Marriages, 1906-1910, www.Ancestry.com 
54. Ray County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Volume IV-VI, www.Ancestry.com 
55. Roots Web's World Connect Project: Cousins, Calcis and kin in far places - 2006
56. Social Security Death Index, www.Ancestry.com 
57. Tryon County Records: Provincial Congress of 1776
58. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
59. United States Obituary Collection, www.Ancestry.com 
60. Will abstract: Robert Abernethy, Sr., of Lincoln County, Probated 1794. [GenCircles]
61. Will abstract: Robert Abernethy, Sr., of Tryon County, Probated July 1772. [Abernethy FTW] - NC [brianabernathy.FTW]
62. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
63. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3000601&id=I17942

Books, Texts, Files - author data; Titles by Alpha

1. Title: Abernethy Family in Scotland, Virginia and Alabama, by Thomas Perkins Abernethy. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbturner&id=I6163
2. Title: The Amazing Story of the Abernathys in America, by Sharon Taylor, copyright 1983.
3. Title: Ancestral File (R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, copyright 1987, data as of 5 I 1998; Repository: Name: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150 USA
4. Title: Descendants of Allen Martin and Related Families, by Brenda Hawkins: bfhawkins@earthlink.net, a Root's Web World Connect Project. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bfhawkins&id=I6464
5. Title; James Abernethy 1790-1859 His Forebearers and His Descendants [June 1995], by Rev. Edward B. Smith, Jr.
6. Title: Old Apple Creek Church and Its Early Membership, by John Hope
7. Title: Samuel Malcolm Lashlee, GECOM FILE: 1656070.ged; Note: 1010 Whispering Hills Drive, Chester, NY 10918
8. Title: The Robert Abernethy Family, by Arvord M. Abernethy
9. Title: Robert Suddath. Note: 10405 Red Mtn. W, Littleton, CO 80127, USA. rasuddath@msn.com
10. Title: Valentine Cline - Gertrout Cansler family group sheet (supplied November 1997 by Herman Abernathy Roswell, Georgia 997)

Other References

1. Abernethy Crests, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/b/e/David-C-Abernathy/PHOTO/0001photo...  
2. Abernethy.FTW
3. Brian Abernethy, by briana@att.net
4. Elizabeth Ferguson: Genforum.com
5. Independence City Records, Independence, KS
6. Lewistown County Records Office, Lewistown, IL
7. Repository, William Moores McKennie, www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Other Assistance

1. Abernathy Company
2. Patricia Abernathy
3. Ray Abernathy
4. Ric Abernathy
5. Patsy (Boone) Branton
6. Grant Buttars
7. Mike Cherry
8. Jodie Huffaker
9. Interns, 7 Arts Foundation, AR & IL field offices
10. Maude McClure Kelley
11. Brian Pears
12. Tina Peddle

under construction

In a published Legacy, virtually every date and place could be footnoted; but, to include so many citations would be distracting to readers and overly burdensome to the compiler and editor, and would serve little practical purpose. The method employed has been selective such that chosen citations provide authority for those quotations and statements that go beyond common knowledge, including any particular sources that are not obvious, as well as those readers might want to consult for additional information.

Dates of births, marriages and deaths, for the most part, are not annotated. Many have been harvested from public records, church records, gravestones, obituaries and , especially for contemporary individuals, very often from data and information provided by relatives. No doubt these contain a few errors, although every effort has been made to check where reasonably possible and to guard against mistakes in transcription. Sometimes the published data conflict or are not fully accurate, and memories and family records and scraps of events collected can err. What appears here has been checked and re-checked as much as seems appropriate to establish the Legacy. Nevertheless, errors creep in as an inevitable consequence of compiling a large work of this nature. Over time, patient contributors will hopefully find the few errors, forgive them, and then notify the next compiler. When time permits, the web page edition will include all corrections and additions.

As for older records, traces of the individuals referred to herein who lived in pre-United States Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are found principally in records of church vaults, collections from commonwealth records and anecdotal accounts. These records include some basic dates and a handful of additional facts, some in English, some in German, some in Pennsylvania Duthch dialect.

For European records of all three families, the situation is less fortunate. Record-keeping was a civil and church art form, not a rigorous disclipline with many authorities, civil and religious. Confirmations of the earliest Abernethy, Ray and Ralph original  records have been difficult to obtain.

Marshall A. Thomas III, D. Phil.

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