1. The entry on the origins and history of the family from The Scottish Nation; or, the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, by William Anderson.
2. The Abercrombies of Baltimore: A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Family of David Abercrombie, Who Settled in Baltimore, Maryland in 1848, by Ronald Taylor Abercrombie.
3. "The Abercrombies of Forglen," from "Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries.
4. "Abercromby Family in Stirlingshire," from The Scottish Antiquary or Northern Notes and Queries, edited by the Rev. A. W. Cornelius Hallen.
5. The entry for the family of Abercromby granted the title Lord Glasfoord from The Scots Peerage, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul.