This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0dB.2ACI/4140.1 Message Board Post: I connect to a large Stroup family from Venango County - mostly Rockland Twp. They arrived in Rockland in the 1830's and numerous descendants were in Franklin. Straub and Stroup are different spellings of the same name. Glad to share info.