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[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The Forum Board ] [ FAQ ] Re: Title Searching and Ambiguous names Posted by JD on April 04, 2002 at 7:01 PM In Reply to: Title Searching and Ambiguous names posted by Sean Wagle on April 04, 2002 at 5:31 PM All recording offices are created for public access. But some are more accessable than others. The bigger the county, the bigger the problem. Hard to give advise without first hand knowledge or you Counties search format. For very common names sometimes the best answer is to order an owner and encumbrance report from a Title Company. The name variation problem is one of those things that seperate the men from the boys in the title research game. You just have to use your imagination when doing the search. The problem seems to be acute with asian names, not because they change their name, but because the name is misinterpreted by the data input person. Often V's and U's are mismatched. Hyphenated names are also a major pain. i.e. Smith-Jones, De La Cruz, O Cana... : I've taken a stab at looking at recorder's records, and I it's difficult to "follow the thread" of leins and deeds, because recorders aren't perfect-- and there are small variances in names. : For example, I was examining a person named "Lin Q Trin" from the Assessor's tax roll, as the owner. I could find him variously in the Recorder's records as "Linh Trin", "Linh Trinh", "Lin Q Trinh" and "Linh Q Trinh". : Then there is the problem of extremely common names like "Jose Gonzales" or "Bill Smith" which will have lots of results for different people, all mixed together. : How do you untangle this? I suppose you could print all the documents at $1.00 a page, and study them quietly at home, but that gets expensive fast. And it still seems to be it would be confusing to identify who-is-who. Is there a point where you just say "This deal is too complex, forget about it..." Follow Ups: Post a Followup: Name : E-Mail : Subject : Comments: : All recording offices are created for public access. But some are more accessable than others. : The bigger the county, the bigger the problem. Hard to give advise without first hand knowledge : or you Counties search format. For very common names : sometimes the best answer is to order an owner and encumbrance : report from a Title Company. The name variation problem is one of those : things that seperate the men from the boys in the title research game. You : just have to use your imagination when doing the search. The problem seems : to be acute with asian names, not because they change their name, but : because the name is misinterpreted by the data input person. Often V's and U's : are mismatched. Hyphenated : names are also a major pain. i.e. Smith-Jones, De La Cruz, O Cana... : : I've taken a stab at looking at recorder's records, and I it's difficult to "follow the thread" of leins and deeds, because recorders aren't perfect-- and there are small variances in names. : : For example, I was examining a person named "Lin Q Trin" from the Assessor's tax roll, as the owner. I could find him variously in the Recorder's records as "Linh Trin", "Linh Trinh", "Lin Q Trinh" and "Linh Q Trinh". : : Then there is the problem of extremely common names like "Jose Gonzales" or "Bill Smith" which will have lots of results for different people, all mixed together. : : How do you untangle this? I suppose you could print all the documents at $1.00 a page, and study them quietly at home, but that gets expensive fast. And it still seems to be it would be confusing to identify who-is-who. Is there a point where you just say "This deal is too complex, forget about it..." Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ The Forum Board ] [ FAQ ] WWWAdmin 2.0a © 1997 Matt Wright and DBasics Software Company, All Rights Reserved

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