NEW! Randolph County, West Virginia Marriage Records Transcribed by Nicholas Sturm and Catherine Lew Sturm

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Schoonover Baptisms & Marriages--Kingston Transcribed by Jay Schoonover:

Schoonover Baptisms & Marriages--Minisink Valley Transcribed by Jay Schoonover:

· Schoonover Family Genealogical Forum

· Rootweb.com Schoonover Board

· Ancestry.com Schoonover Board

· Tri-Counties Genealogy & History

· Painted Hills Genealogy Society

· Diamond State Data Services

· The Olive Tree Genealogy

· Family Search

· U.S. Surname Distribution Enter the Schoonover surname and get a map of the U.S. showing the distribution of Schoonover in the years 1950, 1880, 1920, and 1990. This site allows one free search.

· U.S. Bureau of Land Management Search for Land Patents issued to Schoonovers.

· Dutch Names

· Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search for Schoonovers who served in the Civil War.

The print sources below are key works on early Schoonovers in America and on particular Schoonover lines:

· Barris, Norwood J. Dutch Cousins: 784 Descendants of Geurt Hendrickse Van Schoonhoven of Albany and Half Moon, NY (privately printed, 2001),

· Franksain, Esther. Van Schoonhover - Schoonover Some Allied Families 1652 - 1979.[Published by the author?]

· Hoagland, Edward Coolbaugh, 1908- The Schoonover & allied families; Published: Wysox, Pa., 1954.

· Hoagland, Edward Coolbaugh, 1908- Twigs from family trees; or, 162 early American and foreign lineages of first settlers in this country and their descendants who were pioneers in northern Pennsylvania and central New York; together with royal lineages, revolutionary journals, incidents and anecdotes of the old timers, and a register of the marriages and deaths of the pioneers. Carefully compiled from authentic sources, by Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland ... Published: Wysox, Pa., The author, 1938-<1986 >

· Lunsford, Ollie Collett, 1912- The families of Van Schoonhoven, Schoonhoven, Schoonover : mostly descendants of Benjamin Schoonover of Randolph County, West Virginia / compiled and edited by Ollie Mae (Collett) Lunsford. Published: Cortland, Ohio (166 Erie St., Cortland 44410) O.M.C. Lunsford, [between 1983 and 1986] First edition published: Providence, Utah : K. W. Watkins, [c1977]

· Schoonover, LaVern. Schoonover genealogy. [publisher unknown]

The Van Schoonhovens: Enterprising Immigrants, by Andrew Brink. Published: The Holland Society of New York, de Halve Maen, Summer, 1999.Schoonover, Lloyd, 1917- Our lives and times / by Lloyd and Opal Schoonover. Published: [Pollock, Mo.?] : L. & O. Schoonover, [1994]
Schoonover, Tedford E. (Tedford Eugene), 1909- Our family history : Schoonover, Karr, Hayes, Robinson / compiled by Tedford E. Schoonover. Published: Colorado Springs, Colo.: T.E. Schoonover, [1979]

Schoonover, Jason, 1946- Westward From New Amsterdam. Info on the book, how to order here.
Myers, Patty B. Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Henry Bedford and His Wife Susan Rosina Schoonover. [To be published 2003-2004] Email address: [email protected], 15 Campden Circle, San Antonio, TX 78218.
Barris, Norris J. Dutch Cousins: 784 Descendants of Guert Hendrickse Van Schoonhoven. Privately published, 2001.

Books on New Amsterdam and early Dutch settlement in the New World:

Brink, Andrew. Invading Paradise: Esopus Settlers at War with Natives, 1659, 1663. Xlibris Corporation, 2003.
Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan & The Forgotten Colony That Shaped America. Doubleday, 2004.
Fried, Marc B. The early history of Kingston & Ulster County, N.Y. Marbletown, NY: Ulster County Historical Society, 1975.
Fernow, Berthold. The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1976.

Dirck Van Vliet's Family:

Van Fleet, James A. (James Alward) Four centuries Americans : Van Fleet/Van Vliet/Van Vleet, 1634-2001. Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, Inc., 2002.

Crum Family:

· Ten Eyck, Jane Stewart. Crum Cousins: Descendants of Floris Willem Crum of Rockland County, New York. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2007.

These are a few of the Family Tree websites of families who have intermarried with Schoonovers:

Grinnell Family Association Official Web Site
Grinolds Genealogy Website
Mattesons in America
Isaac Cummings Family Web Site
The Genealogy pages of Steve and Sue Devine (Vannatta/VanEtten/VanAken/Vannatter, Swartwout)
Descendants of Thomas Wilmoth I

If you have knowledge of other useful links or print sources, please contact me: Mary Schoonover, mschoo @milwpc.com