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/778.2 Message Board Post: The actual name is Rancho Canada de la Carpinteria ("the ranch of the ravine where the carpenter's shop is"). The Monterey County Historical Society might have information on the Rancho's owners and heirs. Their phone no. is 831.757.8085. Good luck.