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Foreword

The initial source for this document was the Rinke Family History, which was written about 1967, and updated in 1971, by Nina RINKE Ettinger, who was the daughter of Bert Arthur Rinke, who was the half-brother of Ferdinand Grobbel16 . Information from the Rinke Family History was edited, cross-checked and compiled along with new, added information over the period of 1994 through 2001 by Michael Vincent Grobbel19 , the Great-Great Grandson of Franz Anton Grobbel15.

The new information was obtained from a variety of sources. Sources included Johannes Grobbel18 of Schmallenberg, Germany, Ludwig Brögger of Wipperfürth, Germany, Klaus-Jürgen Lauber of Reiste, Germany, Dierk Stoetzel of Eslohe, Germany, John Schlaud of Grand Blanc, MI, Mary Schultz of Melvin, MI, St. Clement Parish Baptismal, Marriage and Funeral Records, gravestones in St. Clement Cemetery, newspaper obituaries, funeral holy cards, U.S. Census records and information from my aunts, uncles and cousins. I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has helped me with this project.

This document is still a "work in progress". I would appreciate receiving any stories, anecdotes or other facts you may have about any Grobbel descendants. Likewise, any missing or corrected data you can provide me would be welcomed.

All of the information shown in the Outline Descendant Trees has been entered into "Family Tree Maker for Windows, v. 8.0", which is a computer software genealogical database. My database currently contains information on almost 5,000 individuals who are either descendants of Heinrich and Brigitta Grobbel12 , spouses of their descendants, or relatives of these spouses.

In addition to using "Family Tree Maker" software to organize names and dates, I use "Microsoft Word 97", "Microsoft Front Page Express" and "Corel Photo House" to prepare the text and photographs for display on my web pages. If there is anything you would like an electronic copy of, let me know your desired format and contact me at:

Michael Vincent Grobbel
40115 Kristen Drive
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
(810) 979-1208
E-mail: mvgrobbel@prodigy.net
Personal Home Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/mvgrobbel/index.html
"The Grobbel Family History" is also available on the Internet at:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/o/Michael-V-Grobbel/index.html

Within the narrative text, subscript numbers (1 ) refer to that person's generation as shown preceding their name on the Outline Descendant Trees; superscript numbers (1 ) refer to the footnotes at the bottom of the page.

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