This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EW.2ADI/778.1 Message Board Post: I just read something about a rancho Carpenteria in the 1830s. Send me a reminder to find it. I've been reading Bancroft's History of California, vols. I-V. Doing my family tree, Ive found at least 15 Alta CA ranchos. Anyway, remind me to look it up. Peace, Bryce