A story no other listing has.The history of the land beneath your listing, from its original land grant to today.
Photos and a floor plan show buyers the house. This shows them the land: who it was first granted to, what the old maps show, and the town that grew up around it, in pages that read like a very old book.
Just the address · ready in 3 business days · flyer and MLS version included
From the listing to the closing
On the listing and social
Link it on the listing, paste our short write-up into the description, and post the four pictures we make for social media.
A flyer and a QR code
Print the flyer we make for you, or put the QR code on your own flyers, signs and brochures. One scan opens it 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, by text or email.
At the listing appointment
Bring the chronicle of the seller's own home to the appointment. It shows what you'll do before you say a word.
A closing gift
After the sale, we'll add the new owners' names. Give it to them at closing, with the timeline framed for the wall.
Everything for the listing, from one address
- 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
- a flyer to print, with your details and the QR code
- four social media pictures and a listing write-up
- new owners' names added, as a gift or thank-you
Other house histories cost $400 to nearly $3,000 and take weeks. Yours is ready in three business days.
Order for your listingThe 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. Your listing's main photograph, or the land as it looks from the air.
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 by email. The link and everything for the listing arrive in your inbox within three business days.
A chronicle for your listing
Up to 10 homes per order · delivered in 3 business days · Texas homes and land
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 the 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 three business days of your order: one link to a page with everything for each home. That's the chronicle's own page with your details, a version without them for the MLS, the printed edition as a PDF, a QR code, a flyer to print, four pictures for social media and a write-up for the listing.
Is there a version for the MLS?
Yes. Every order includes a version without your details or any link to us, since most MLSs want tour links unbranded.
Do you use the listing photo?
Only when you give us permission on the order form. Otherwise the cover is an aerial photograph of the land.
Can the buyers' names go in it after the sale?
Yes. Ask us after the sale, and we'll add the new owners' names to the title page, the last chapter and the timeline, as a gift or a thank-you.
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 it private?
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.
Give your listing its story.
Order for your listing · $95Just the address · ready in 3 business days