This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CURTIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/2169.1.2 Message Board Post: The only John or Raymond Curtis d. 1972 listed in the California Death Index is John T. Curtis d. 10 Feb. 1972, b. 1941 Minnesota. Suggest you verify your grandfather's death date and place and send for a death certificate, which should list his parents and work back.