Yes, and I've worked for some companies that seem to have complete disdain for abstractors.  You make one small snafoo and immediately it goes on your "score card," and then you are talking about in sneering tones that you are not a real title examiner, or a searcher.  I always comb through everything carefully - it's amazing to see what they consider mistakes.  I had one in Laurens County (or we did) where the mortgage was never indexed in the books - there's a scary grantor gap from 1990 to 1992 and they sent us the book and page and asked why hadn't we grabbed it.  It was not indexed and nowhere to be found in the clerk's office.  I spoke with the clerk; however, it was never removed from our record though it was clearly a clerical error.  I don't work for this company anymore even though they have a lot of work.  I didn't like their attitude. The people who were working to turn their title around were working really really hard.   We drive, sometimes through snow or ice if we have to; we turn around a good product and we meticulously research it - and we deserve some respect for it.  It's not a job just anyone can pick up.  My hat's off to all the wonderful abstractors out there who care about breaks in chains of title, about improperly witnessed deeds, and make sure they point out deficiencies to the attorneys.  If you're a good title researcher, you care - you just do.  That's what makes us stand out from all the overseas help; we understand it, we get it, and we care.  

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