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The National Archives also has some early claim records, such as the "Mexican Expedientes, 1822-1846." The following give names of early landowners: | The National Archives also has some early claim records, such as the "Mexican Expedientes, 1822-1846." The following give names of early landowners: | ||
*Avina, Rose Hollenbaugh. ''Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in California''. 1932. Reprint. New York, NY: Arno Press, 1976. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=269973&disp=Spanish+and+Mexican+land+grants+in+Calif%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.4 R2m<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1218728980407_959"></span>].) This publication gives a history of land distribution and a list of pre-1847 ranchos. | *Avina, Rose Hollenbaugh. ''Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in California''. 1932. Reprint. New York, NY: Arno Press, 1976. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=269973&disp=Spanish+and+Mexican+land+grants+in+Calif%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.4 R2m<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1218728980407_959"></span>].) This publication gives a history of land distribution and a list of pre-1847 ranchos. | ||
*Cowan, Robert G. ''Ranchos of California, A List of Spanish Concessions, 1775-1822, and Mexican Grants, 1822-1846''. Fresno, California: Academy Library Guild, 1956. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=120962&disp=Ranchos+of+California%2C+a+list+of+Spani%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.4 R2cr].) | *Cowan, Robert G. ''Ranchos of California, A List of Spanish Concessions, 1775-1822, and Mexican Grants, 1822-1846''. Fresno, California: Academy Library Guild, 1956. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=120962&disp=Ranchos+of+California%2C+a+list+of+Spani%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.4 R2cr].) | ||
Names of early California residents are indexed in the [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm California State Archives] collection titled [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/level3_ussg3.html Spanish and Mexican Land Grant Maps, 1855-1875]. This index may be accessed at no charge and provides the identification number, grant name, name of confirmee, acres and patent date.<br> | Names of early California residents are indexed in the [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm California State Archives] collection titled [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/level3_ussg3.html Spanish and Mexican Land Grant Maps, 1855-1875]. This index may be accessed at no charge and provides the identification number, grant name, name of confirmee, acres and patent date.<br> | ||
When the United States acquired [[ | When the United States acquired [[California|California]] in 1848, it agreed to recognize earlier claims. A commission was established in 1852 to process the claims. The [[Www.archives.gov|National Archives]] has these commission records, including petitions and translations of Spanish documents. These are indexed in: | ||
* J.N. Bowman, ''Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California'', 1958, Reprint (Berkeley, California: Bancroft Library, University of California, 1970; Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=833343 833343]). | * J.N. Bowman, ''Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California'', 1958, Reprint (Berkeley, California: Bancroft Library, University of California, 1970; Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=833343 833343]). | ||