1. Where it all started A family historian reports the first reference to a Grubaugh was Michael, in 18 th Century Prussia.

2. Where it all started… In the interests of brevity, when people ask me where my family comes from, I just say, “Germany.”

3. The Grubaughs What sometimes happens is that when I tell people my name, they say, “Is that German?” I say, “You betcha.”

4. Where we wound up After traveling west for a few years, many of the ancestors left Ohio for southern Indiana. This is where the bulk of the clan resides today.

5. Where we wound up The Grubaughs lit in Indianapolis, the state’s capital. The Millers were in the southern part of the state, mostly, in and around a town called Scottsburg.

6. The Millers Another German name. Where our branch of the Millers came from exactly, know one knows.

7. The Dyers My father’s mother was a Dyer. No one is completely sure, but we think they come from England.

8. The Steeles My mother’s mother was a Steele. Again, although no one is positive, the Steeles are thought to hail from Ireland.

9. What it means to me Anglo-Saxon male, single, between the ages of 18-35.

10. What it means to me It’s interesting that so little knowledge of the family is readily available. ‘Family’ to me has always meant the nuclear family, Mom and Dad. The ‘tabula rasa’ comes to mind.