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Every home stands on a story.We find it in the old records and write it down.
A land chronicle tells the story of the ground beneath a Texas home: the land before settlement, the original land grant, the town that grew up around it, and the land in old maps and aerial photographs, down to the home that stands there today. It reads like a chapter from a very old book.
$195 for agents · $165 for homeowners · delivered in two days
The whole story of one piece of land
- The story. Chapters on the land and the towns and rivers around it, from the earliest record to today, written as a story and footnoted to its sources.
- The land file. The original land grant papers from the Texas General Land Office, typeset on old paper and translated if in Spanish, each linked to its original.
- Maps and photographs. The government's old maps and aerial photographs of the land across the decades, and a map drawn just for this land.
- The timeline. The land's years at a glance, on a page of its own, made to frame.
- The cover. The home's own photograph, or the land as it looks from the air.
A page of its own, and a printed edition
Every chronicle has its own web page, with a link to share anywhere, and a printed edition: a PDF made to print, where the timeline and each land grant document have a page of their own, ready to frame.
Read one for yourself
Three steps, no back and forth
- Tell us the address. That's all we need to find the land. The county property ID helps if you have it.
- Pay on Stripe. Checkout runs on Stripe, so we never see your card. Your receipt comes by email.
- Receive it within two days. The link and the printed edition arrive in your inbox.
Choose your chronicle
Up to 10 homes per order · delivered by email within two days · Texas homes and land
For your listings
- its own web page, with your details at the bottom
- a version without your details, for the MLS
- the printed edition (PDF), made to print and frame
- a QR code for flyers, signs and cards
- new owners' names added after the sale
For your home, or a gift
- its own web page, with a link to share
- the printed edition (PDF), made to print and frame
- your family's names in it, if you'd like
A story no other listing has
Every home on the market has photos and a floor plan. Yours has a history buyers can step into.
On the listing and social
Link it on the listing and share it on social media. It gives buyers a reason to stay with the home, and to remember it.
A QR code on everything
Put it on flyers, signs, brochures and the open-house table. One scan opens the chronicle on any phone.
Printed for open houses
Set the printed edition out at the open house, or hand a copy to visitors as they leave, so the home's story goes with them.
Shared at showings
Send the link to buyer's agents, so they can share it with their buyers before, during or after the showing.
At the listing appointment
Bring the chronicle of the seller's own home to the appointment. It shows what you'll do for their home before you've said a word.
A closing gift
After the sale, we'll add the new owners' names to it when you ask. Give it to them at closing, with the timeline framed for the wall.
Every agent order also includes a version without your details, for the MLS.
The land your family calls home
For a birthday, an anniversary, a housewarming or a closing, or simply because you've always wondered what was here before. Buyers order them for the home they've just bought, too.
A gift that stays
Give a family the story of the ground beneath their home, with the timeline framed for the wall.
Your names in it
Tell us the names, and they'll appear on the title page, in the last chapter and on the timeline's final line.
Simply curious
Find out who your land was first granted to, what the old maps show, and how your corner of Texas grew.
Good to know
What do you need from me?
Only the address. We find the land in the county's own records. If the land has no street address yet, the county property ID (from the appraisal district) finds it instead.
Is it only for Texas?
Yes, for now. Each chronicle is built from Texas's own records, from the General Land Office's original land grants to the county appraisal district.
What if nothing famous happened on my land?
Every piece of Texas land has a recorded beginning: the grant that first made it someone's, and the town that grew up around it. Some stories are richer than others, and each chronicle tells its own land's true story.
How does it arrive?
By email, within two days of your order: a link to the chronicle's own page and the printed edition as a PDF. Agent orders also include a QR code and a version without the agent's details for the MLS.
Can our names be in it?
Yes. On a homeowner order, write the names you'd like next to the address, and they'll appear on the title page, in the last chapter and on the timeline. A chronicle made for a listing carries no owners' names; after the sale, the agent can ask us to add the new owners'.
Can I print and frame it?
Yes. The printed edition is letter size and made for printing. The timeline and each land grant document have a page of their own, made to frame.
Is my chronicle private?
Yes. It lives at a private link that isn't listed anywhere on our site, and it's kept out of search engines, so it's seen by whoever you share it with. It stays up until you ask us to take it down.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, any time before we email your chronicle. Once it's sent, it can't be refunded. The details are in our terms.
Do you use the listing photo?
Only when the agent gives us permission on the order form. Otherwise the cover is an aerial photograph of the land.