Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties

Diseños map and associated historical documents for Rancho San Bernardo (Cane), GLO No. 326.

Diseños map and associated historical documents for Rancho San Bernardo (Cane), GLO No. 326.

Description

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.

Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.

Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases by Ogden Hoffman, Volume I, 1862.

Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.

Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a particular rancho found in the Bancroft Archives.

Bancroft Diseños – Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments used in the U.S. District Court proceedings.

Bancroft Plat – A plat of the patented rancho prepared by the U.S. Surveyor General.

BLM Land Grant Patent – Hand-written document issued by the U.S. Government providing legal ownership of land previously granted by the Spanish or Mexican government.

BLM Land Patent Detail Sheet – Document using the BLM accession number that provides specific information regarding the patented land of a rancho.

BLM CDI Detail Sheet - Document using the CDI Doc ID that provides specific information concerning the patented land of a rancho.

BLM Survey(s) – Plat(s) prepared by the Office of the U.S. Surveyor General detailing the boundaries of the rancho.