Ranchos de Alta California

Errata

Every correction the accuracy audit or a reader has established is listed here, with what the register said, what the source says, and the source that settled it. IMPORTANT: these corrections are DISCLOSED here but are NOT yet applied to the downloadable dataset. data/ranchos-register.csv and .json remain byte-identical to the Zenodo v1.0 deposit so that the published DOI keeps resolving to exactly the data that was deposited; the corrections will be folded in when version 1.1 is cut. Until then, a row listed below still carries its erroneous value in the table and in the download, and this page is the authority on what that value should be. Nothing is corrected silently.

30 corrections recorded.

GrantFieldWasNowSettled byCorrected
rancho-atascaderogrant year18391842Bancroft land case file SD 1132026-09-02
rancho-cosumnesgranteeSalvador OsloWilliam E. P. HartnellBancroft land case file ND 3622026-09-02
rancho-crucesgranteeVicente CorderoMiguel CorderoBancroft land case file ND 4302026-09-02
rancho-cuyama-1granteeMaría Antonia de la Guerra y LatailladeCesario LatailladeBancroft land case file SD 1042026-09-02
rancho-laguna-mercedgranteeJosefa de HaroJose Antonio GalindoBancroft land case file ND 3802026-09-02
rancho-mallacomes-moristul-plan-agua-calientegrant year18411843Bancroft land case file ND 1612026-09-02
rancho-nicasio-2granteeHenry W. Hallack, James Black, and Benjamin R. BuckelewPablo de la Guerra and Juan B. R. CooperBancroft land case file ND 3922026-09-02
rancho-penasquitosgrant year18351823 (original grant; 1834 for the addition)Bancroft land case file SD 1422026-09-02
rancho-penasquitosgranting governorCastroLuis Antonio ArguelloBancroft land case file SD 1422026-09-02
rancho-posasgranteeJosé de la Guerra y NoriegaJose CarrilloBancroft land case file SD 1172026-09-02
rancho-puertogranteeSamuel G. Reed and Ruben S. WadeMariano and Pedro HernandezBancroft land case file ND 3302026-09-02
rancho-quitogranteeManuel AlvisoJose Z. Fernandez and Jose NoriegaBancroft land case file ND 2262026-09-02
rancho-rincon-esteros-1granteeRafael AlvisoYgnacio (Ignacio) AlvisoBancroft land case file ND 2042026-09-02
rancho-salinasgrant year18351836Bancroft land case file SD 1582026-09-02
rancho-san-antoniogranteeEncarnación MesaPrado Mesa (Alferez Prado Meza)Bancroft land case file ND 2752026-09-02
rancho-san-jacinto-viejogranting governorAlvaradoManuel Jimeno (interim governor)Bancroft land case file SD 2332026-09-02
rancho-san-luis-conzagagrant year18411843Bancroft land case file ND 0622026-09-02
rancho-san-luis-conzagagranteeFrancisco RiveraJose Maria Mejia and Juan Perez PachecoBancroft land case file ND 0622026-09-02
rancho-san-pascualgrant year18341838Bancroft land case file SD 2482026-09-02
rancho-san-pascualgranting governorFigueroaJuan B. AlvaradoBancroft land case file SD 2482026-09-02
rancho-santa-rosa-2grant year18451846Bancroft land case file SD 1482026-09-02
rancho-soulajule-2granteeJoshua S. BrackettJose Ramon MesaBancroft land case file ND 3292026-09-02
rancho-soulajule-3granteePedro J. VasquezJose Ramon MesaBancroft land case file ND 3312026-09-02
rancho-soulejulegranteeMartin F. GormleyJose Ramon MesaBancroft land case file ND 3342026-09-02
rancho-vega-rio-pajarogrant year18211820Bancroft land case file SD 2452026-09-02
rancho-vega-rio-pajarogranteeJuan M. AnzarAntonio Maria CastroBancroft land case file SD 2452026-09-02
rancho-zanjonesgranting governorAlvaradoManuel Jimeno Casarin (acting governor)Bancroft land case file SD 1082026-09-02
rancho-zanjonesgranteeMariano MalarinGabriel de la TorreBancroft land case file SD 1082026-09-02
u-23adjudication outcomeConfirmedRejected (the District Court reversed the confirmation, 6 March 1862)Bancroft land case file SD 3852026-09-02
u-92grant year17781777Bancroft land case file N.D. 4192026-09-02

How corrections are found

Two ways. A blind sample of 100 of the 672 records was drawn on 1 September 2026, committed to the public repository with its checksum before any of it was checked, and was then verified field by field against the land case files; that pass is complete and its results are in section 10 of the Sources and Method page. And readers write in. If a grant here contradicts a document you hold, the document wins: aodhancoyne@gmail.com.

What counts as an erratum

A value that was published and is wrong. A field left blank because no source states it is not an error, and is not listed here. Where the register and a source disagree about a grant, the land case file is the authority.