In a message dated 10/23/2002 2:08:44 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Interesting...... > there is two [2] St John townships........ One of which is near > Calumet...... There's only one St John Twp, though there is a town of St John, but neither are near Calumet Twp. Calumet Twp is Gary... Gary wasn't a city until about 1906, so it might have been listed as Calumet at some point...which is where a number of Curtis's lived, they were there in the very early 1900s, though Im not sure if they were here early enough for a civil war veteran. If you search our Lake Co GenWeb site, there are 30 matches to the name curtis, but that's because one of our biggest contributors is Ken Curtis. He would be your best contact for the Curtis name in relation to Lake Co . Ken Curtis - <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Good luck Kathy Huish