Old homes. Newly told stories.
Your house has a past.
Bring it home.
Meet the people who lived there before you. We trace your old home’s history through archival records and turn it into a story worth keeping.
For old-house lovers, thoughtful gifters & realtors.
Good stories start with good research.
From records to keepsake
If these walls
could talk, we’d listen.
A name in a census. A footprint on a map. A small notice in yesterday’s paper. We connect the details so you can see your home in a whole new light.
Not every house hides a scandal.
Sometimes the most beautiful discovery is an ordinary family who loved the same front porch.
Follow the address
We trace residents and the home’s origins through census records, city directories and county deed books, wherever records are available.
Rebuild the neighborhood
Sanborn fire-insurance maps and newspaper archives help reveal how the street changed—and the lives that unfolded along it.
Make the past feel present
Choose a digital history, a designed 18×24 poster timeline, or an heirloom collection with a cast-bronze plaque and bound booklet.
Historical records vary by location and era. We distinguish documented findings from uncertainty; a complete resident list or exact build year isn’t always recoverable.
Choose your chapter
A little history. A lasting connection.
For the home you just bought, the one you grew up in, or someone who loves theirs.
The foundations
Snapshot
Digital report with census-decade residents, build-year research and an annotated Sanborn map, where available.
$149
The wall-worthy reveal
Story
Everything in Snapshot, plus a designed 18×24 poster timeline, selected newspaper clippings and a 60-second reveal video.
$399
Made to stay with the house
Heirloom
Everything in Story, plus a cast-bronze plaque and a bound booklet to keep the history close.
$899
A closing gift with roots
Realtor Pack
Five co-branded Story credits each quarter. Give buyers a connection to their new home—not another wine basket.
$1,500 / quarter
Start your research
You’re part of the story now
Find out who called
your house home.
The next chapter is yours. Let’s discover the ones that came before it.
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