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Guide to the Collection of Orange County Rancho Title Abstracts
MS-R080
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Title: Collection of Orange County rancho title abstracts,
Date (inclusive): 1887-1891
Collection number: MS-R080
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
1 box
1 digitized object
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.Special Collections and
Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises 3 bound, handwritten title abstracts,
prepared by the Abstract and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles, containing
transcriptions of documents, dating back as early as 1868. The transcriptions are from
original documents such as deeds, leases, tax assessments, and court cases with accompanying
hand-drawn maps for properties that were part of Rancho Boca de la Playa and Rancho Santiago
de Santa Ana presently part of Orange County, California. The fourth document is an unbound
typescript copy of an 1887 title abstract for a property formerly known as the Colima Tract
on the Rancho Santa Gertrudis, and was prepared by the firm of Pendleton and Williams.
Physical location: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special
Collections and Archives. Irvine, California 92623-9557.
Language:
English.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Collection of Orange County rancho title abstracts. MS-R080. Special Collections and
Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquired, 2000.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2002.
Background on Title Insurance Companies
The Abstract and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles, founded in 1886, was the first
corporation in the City of Los Angeles to issue certificates of titles and abstracts. The
Company filled a need for a reliable institution that would provide titles and abstracts for
the new landowners attracted to California by the economic boom. In 1893, prompted by a
temporary collapse of the real-estate market the company merged with its only local
competitor, the Los Angeles Abstract Company (founded in 1887), to create the Title
Insurance and Trust Company which was incorporated the same year.
No information is available regarding Pendleton and Williams, Examiners of Titles and
Searchers of Records.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises 3 bound, handwritten title abstracts, prepared by the Abstract
and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles, containing transcriptions of documents, dating
back as early as 1868. The transcriptions are from original documents such as deeds, leases,
tax assessments, and court cases with accompanying hand-drawn maps for properties that were
part of Rancho Boca de la Playa and Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana presently part of Orange
County, California. The fourth document is an unbound typescript copy of an 1887 title
abstract for a property formerly known as the Colima Tract on the Rancho Santa Gertrudis,
and was prepared by the firm of Pendleton and Williams.
Related materials can be found in the Forster-Del Valle Family Correspondence MS-R48,
Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries.