It is my policy at my web site not to reveal information about living people, which has meant that there is almost nothing on my web site regarding STRAUB/STROUB/etc., in the 1900s. Also, while I have some information about STRAUBs who came to NY in the 1700s and moved, in the 1700s, on to Pennsylvania, there is virtually nothing on NY STRAUBs at my web site. Most of the STRAUBs at my web site immigrated to Pennsylvania (in the 1700s) or Ohio (in the 1800s). Sorry.

I would recommend, for your first move, to get your grandparents' death certificates. These should give you not only the dates and places where they were born and died, but should also give you the names and birthplaces of their parents.

Always work from the known to the unknow, backwards and step by step.

Good hunting.

P.S. STROUB is often a phonetic misspelling of STRAUB, so look for that surname, too.