In a message dated 10/29/2003 2:44:21 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > doesn't seem to matter a whole lot but I have generations of people born in > gary from alot of close by towns.. was gary the only hospital in the area? That pretty much was the main hospital for many years. Possibly the closest next one wouldve been Hammond. It also served as a nursing school in its early days, and that building is now their administration building. I was born in Gary but we lived in Merrillville. Here's the hospitals timeline site if anyone is interested. <A HREF="http://www.methodisthospitals.org/about/about2a.asp">Methodist Hospitals: History (1910 - 1922)</A> <A HREF="http://www.methodisthospitals.org/about/about2a.asp">http://www.methodisthospitals.org/about/about2a.asp</A> Kathy