The land your family calls home.Its story from the original land grant to today, with your names in it.
A gift no one else can give: who the land 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 · a gift page to wrap
Order by December 18 to have it for Christmas.
For a home you love
For Christmas, a birthday, an anniversary, a housewarming or a closing, or simply because you've always wondered what was here before.
A gift that stays
Give a family the story of the ground beneath their home: wrap the gift page we make, and one scan of its code opens it all.
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.
Made to give
- its own web page, with a link to share
- the printed edition (PDF), made to print and frame
- a gift page to print and give, with a QR code
- your family's names in it, if you'd like
Other house histories cost $400 to nearly $3,000 and take weeks. Yours is ready in three business days.
Order a chronicleThe 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.
- Your names. On the title page, in the last chapter and on the timeline's final line.
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, the printed edition and the gift page arrive within three business days.
A chronicle for a home
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.
Can it be for someone else's home?
Yes: your parents' house, the family farm, or the home you grew up in, anywhere in Texas. It comes to your email, not theirs, so it can be a surprise.
Will it come in time for Christmas?
Yes, if you order by December 18: each chronicle arrives within three business days. Print the gift page, wrap it, and the code inside opens the whole history.
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, the printed edition as a PDF, and a gift page to print.
Can our names be in it?
Yes. 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, exactly as you write them.
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.
Give a home its story.
Order a chronicle · $75Just the address · ready in 3 business days