The John Perry Outten Collection. By far the most extensive source of Outten information I have found is the body of work written by Rev. John Perry Outten. Rev. Outten wrote a series of short biographic sketches on early Outtens.

In addition to Rev. Outten's work, the list below represents the primary sources that I have used for my research. I have also been helped by close to 100 people who have shared their family histories with me.

1. Accomack Co., Virginia Deeds.
2. Accomack County, Virginia, Birth Records, 1866-1873. URL: www.ancestry.com.
3. Allegheny Regional Family History Society Web Site.  URL: pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/arfhs.html.
4. American Beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina Gazette
5. Ancestory World Tree.
6. Ancestral File (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Later Day Saints).  URL: www.familysearch.org.
7. Ancestry.com Archives . URL: www.ancestry.com.
8. Baldwin, Jane and et. al. Maryland Calendar of Wills.
9. Barnes, Robert. Maryland Marriages 1634-1777.
10. Batchelder, Pauline Manning. A Somerset Sampler, Families of Old Somerset Salisbury, MD: Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society, 1994.
11. Bell, Seth. The Ilustrated Polyglot Family Bible. Toledo, OH: W. E. Bliss & Co., Earliest Entry 1799, Museum of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norfolk, VA.
12. Bentley, Elizabeth Petty. Virginia Marriage Records From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore: Gelealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.
13. Boyd, Michelle, Hemlick GenForum, transcribed records from the Vermillion Co., IL clerks office.
14. Burnet Family. Holy Bible . Entry dated 1869, photocopy.
15. Camden, Hite C.. Holy Bible. Earliest Entry 1899, Virginia Library (copy).
16. Carey, Mary Frances with Moody K. Miles III and Barry W. Miles. Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, VA. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1999.
17. Cemetery Records of Sussex Co., DE. (New England Historical & Genealogical Society Library).
18. Clary, Mrs. Helen Bowie. Coventry Parish Records, 1736 to 1828 (Somerset County Maryland). 3925 7th Street, N.W., Washington, DC: Mrs. Mary Turpin Layton, 1936.
19. Clift, G. Glenn. Kentucky Marriages 1797-1865. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc.
20. Clift, G. Glenn. Kentucky Obituaries 1787-1854. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
21. David V. Heise. Worcester Co., MD Orphan's Court Proceedings 1777-1800. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2001.
22. Death Record Index. URL: mdvitalrec.net.
23. Delaware Genealogical Society Journal, (Carnegie Library).
24. Delaware Vital Records. Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York St., Dover, DE.
25. District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia, 1740-1920 Marriage Index.
26. Dorcester MD. Marriages.
27. Dreyden, Leslie Powell, Outten Family. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture.
28. Dreyden, Leslie Powell, Sussex Co. DE Marriages.
29. Dreyden, Leslie Powell, Worcester Co. MD Marriage Rec.
30. Dreyden, Leslie Powell, Worcester Co. MD Marriages.
31. Dryden, Ruth. Cemetery Records of Somerset Co., MD. (Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture).
32. Dryden, Ruth. Cemetery Records of Worcester Co, MD. (Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture).
33. Find A Grave Web Site. URL: www.findagrave.com.
34. Ghotes Web Page. URL: www.esva.net/ghotes/.
35. Graven Images at Belle Haven Cemetery.
36. Green, Karen Mauer. Maryland Gazette 1727-1761, Genealogical and Historical Abstracts. Galveston, TX: The Frontier Press, 1989.
37. Hall, Lu Verne V.. Delaware Bible Records, Volume 6. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988.
38. Hamilton, Azariah. Holy Bible . Virginia Library (copy).
39. Hollowak, Thomas L.. Baltimore Sun, Index of Deaths and Marriages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.
40. Horsman, Barbara Massey. The Massey Family of Worcester Co., MD. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books.
41. Houston, William R. M., M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka. Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1985.
42. Huffington, J. M.. Huffington Family History. 1968, pp. 36, 132-133.
43. Illinois, 1851-1900 Marriage Index. CD 250 by Family Tree Maker: Family Tree Maker.
44. International Genealogical Index (IGI) URL: www.familysearch.org, (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Later Day Saints).
45. internment.net Web Site. URL: www.internment.net.
46. James Outten. Holy Bible. Virginia Library (copy).
47. Johnson's Church , Graven Images.
48. Kentucky Death Index. State Archives, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY.
49. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. State Archives. Death Certificates.
50. LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT Accomack Co. Virginia Tax Roll 1782-1814.
51. Long, Mary Beth & Vanessa. Worcester County Marriage Licenses 1795-1865. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000.
52. Louemma Copes Family. Holy Bible. Virginia Library (copy).
53. Lower Accomack Cemetery Inscriptions. Pennsylvania Historical Society.
54. Mann, William Abbitt. Holy Bible. Earliest Entry 1858, Library of Virginia.
55. Marshall, James Handley. Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, VA 1632-1802. Camden, ME: Picton Press, July 1994.
56. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, CD 208 by Family Tree Maker.
57. Maryland in the World War 1917-1919 Military and Naval Records. (ancestry.com).
58. Mason County Kentucky Early Marriages through 1850. URL: files.usgwarchives.org/ky/mason/marriages/marr012.txt.
59. Mears, Robert L., Eastern Shore Public Library Web Site, Mears Collection. URL: espl-genealogy.org/mearscol/mersp002.htm.
60. Memphis and Shelby County Death Certificates (1902 - 1939). register.shelby.tn.us/.
61. Merryweather, Melanie Ayres, Genealogy of the Purnell Family. August 1996. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture.
62. Mihalyka, Jean M.. Marriages Northampton County, Virginia 1660 - 1854. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990.
63. Mihalyka, Jean. Gravestone Inscriptions in Northampton Co., VA. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library.
64. Miles, Barry W. & Moody K. Miles III. Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia 1854-1895. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1997.
65. Miles, Barry W. and Moody K. III Miles. Wills & Administrations of Accomack Co, VA, 1800-1860. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000.
66. Millsboro Cemetery Sussex Co. Delaware.
67. Mt. Hermon Cemetery, Washington Parish, Louisiana. URL: files.usgwarchives.net/la/washington/cemeteries/mthermon.txt.
68. National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War System. URL: http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/
69. Norfork and Portsmouth Hearld, Virginia.
70. Nottingham, Stratton. Land Causes Accomack County, Virginia 1727-1826. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Originally published 1930, republished 1999.
71. Nottingham, Stratton. Wills & Administrations of Accomack Co, VA, 1663-1800. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990.
72. Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware . URL: freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~carolines/odd_fellows_seaford.htm.
73. Outten Marriage Records from Family Tree Maker Web Site. URL: www.familytreemaker.com.
74. Outten Sr., Lloyd A.. Holy Bible. Nashville, TN: The Southwestern Co., Presented to Mrs. Lloyd A. Outten 1922, Lloyd A. Outten Jr., Machipongo, VA.
75. Outten, Isaac. Holy Bible. New York: American Bible Society, 1865, Virginia Library (copy).
76. Outten, Lloyd Augustus. Holy Bible.
77. Outten, Margaret Rippon. Holy Bible. Fisk, Deborah Outten.
78. Outten, Warren Bell. Holy Bible. Before 1943.
79. Outten, William H. will (June 30, 1877), 121 Duke of York St., Dover, DE. Delaware Public Archives.
80. Peden, Henry C. Jr.. Revolutionary Patriots of Worcester & Somerset Counties, Maryland 1775-1783. Westminister, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1999.
81. Peden, Henry C., Jr. Methodist Records of Baltimore City, MD. CD 178 by Family Tree Maker: Family Line Publications.
82. Perrin, W. H.. History of Fayette County, Kentucky. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, June 1979.
83. Portsmouth VA, local newspaper
84. San Francisco Call Newspaper, Vital Records for the Ten Years 1875-1884, San Francisco, CA.
85. Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, New York.
86. Shannonhouse, Edna M.. Our Truitt Family of Worcester Co., Md. , 1987.
87. Skinner, Vernon L.. Abstracts of the Administrative Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland. CD 206 by Family Tree Maker: Family Line Publications.
88. Smith, Margorie. Ohio Marriages. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1980.
89. Social Security Death Index.
90. Somerset County Maryland Will Book.
91. St. Mary's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Tyaskin, Wicomico Co., MD. URL: www.usgenweb.com.
92. St.Charles Catholic Church, Cape Charles VA Cemetery Records
93. Sturgis, Thomas. Holy Bible. New York: Collins and Co., 1818, Virginia Library (copy).
94. Sussex Co. DE Probate Records, Delaware Public Archives, 121 Duke of York St., Dover, DE.
95. Sussex County Delaware Court House Orphan's Docket. URL: searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/de/sussex/court/sussexo.txt.
96. Tillman, Stephen Frederick. Tilghman Family. Washington DC: The Goetz Company, 1962.
97. Torrence, Clayton. Old Somerset on The Eastern Shore of Maryland. Westminister, MD: Family Line Publications, orig. 1935, republished 1992.
98. Turman, Nora Miller. Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia 1776-1854. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994.
99. Turner Genelogical Collection, Outten Records, Northampton Co., VA, Maryland Historical Society.
100. Turner, Rev. C.H.B., "Genealogical gleanings from family Bibles," Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 3.
101. UMI Obituaries.
102. US Federal Census.
103. US GenWeb Archives. URL: www.rootsweb.com.
104. US GenWeb Archives. URL: www.usgenweb.com.
105. Virginia Gazette, Library of Virginia Web Site.
106. Virginia Genealogies (Periodical), Carnegie Library.
107. Virginia Library Bible Records. URL:  lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/.
108. Virginia Pilot, their web archives.
109. Walczyk, Gail. Accomack County, Virginia, Birth Register, 1853-1896. n.p.: n.pub.
110. War of 1812 Pay Rolls & Muster Rolls. eagle.vsla.edu/war1812/.
111. Whitelaw, Ralph T.. Virginia's Eastern Shore. Rockport, ME: Picton Press.
112. Wilson, Mrs. Mary Outten, The History of the Stout Family. 1915.
113. Wise, Matthew A.. The Boston Family of Maryland.
114. Worcester Co., MD Cemetery Records.
115. Worcester Co., MD Land Records.
116. Worcester Co., MD Wills. (Ocean City Museum URL: www.ocmuseum.org/index.php/site/genealogy/).
117. World Family Tree.
118. Wright, F. Edward. Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records. CD 178 by Family Tree Maker: Family Line Publications.
119. WWI Draft Registrations. URL:  www.ancestry.com, Ancestry Home Town Page.
120. WWI History Commission Military Service Record