Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm
Monday 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
SAGHS Upcoming Activities
A quick reference listing of SAGHS activities. Please see the Events and Education page for added information.
Saturday, 19 October from 10 am - 12 pm - SAGHS General Meeting. Our speaker is Michael Carroll, an architectural historian. His presentation is on the Sanborn Maps of San Antonio - their history and significance and how to access and decipher these maps. The business meeting follows to approve the new by-laws available for review on the website's members only section in the Member's Resources section. The Annual Seminar has been postponed until next Spring.
Monday, 21 October - Friday, 1 November - Early Federal and Local Elections are being held before final election Tuesday, 5 November.
Sunday, 27 October from 2 - 4 pm - 25 Ways to Prepare for a Research Trip Workshop with Laura Grover.
Thursday, 31 October - Happy Halloween!
Saturday, 2 November beginning at 10 am - DNA Consult Hour by Annette Graham. 1pre-payment and registration requested.
Sunday, 3 November - Daylight Savings Time Ends - Clocks are turned back before daylight!
Sunday, 3 November from 2 - 4 pm - The Health of Our Ancestors Class by Dr. David Katerndahl
Tuesday, 5 November from 7 am - 7 pm - The Federal and Local Election
Wednesday 13 November from 10 am - 12 pm - Workshop to Resolve Problems on Computer Genealogy Programs with Scott Atkinson.
Wednesday, 27 November and Thursday, 28 November - The Library is closed for Thanksgiving Eve and Holiday. It re-opens Saturday, 30 November from 10 am - 12 pm.
Now is the time for you, the SAGHS membership, to provide help of your own to Our Heritage. The purpose of this journal, to quote our Editor Emeritus Larry Luckett, is “to provide members with a venue in which to share their stories.” We need you, the members, to contribute your stories for Our Heritage to Publications@txsaghs.org.
For information about how to get published in the next Our Heritage journal, please click here .
Video Replays
Stephen Craig's presentation of Dr. George Sternberg's career is now available for members only.
Peter Baron's presentation on the Revolutionary War is now available for members only.
David Katerndahl's presentation is still available for members only.
After you login, click on the link to the replay at the bottom of the "Important Notice" page
These subscriptions are available on all our computers in both our Library and the Dwyer Center:
Newspapers.com Library Edition
Ancestry.com Library Edition
African American Heritage
Fold3
Find My Past
American Ancestors
History GEO
Family Search Library Affiliate
Newspapers.com Library Edition provides online access to nearly 20,000 historical newspapers. It offers full-page images with searchable full text for millions of pages of newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. It contains full runs and portions of runs of large metro, regional and state titles as well as small local newspapers in the USA and other countries.
New Book! Breaking Through Walls
If you have read the “Methods & Sources” articles by Leslie W. Tomlinson, Certified Genealogist and SAGHS member, in our Newsletters, you might want to add our newest book to your personal library.
Breaking Through Walls expands upon the articles and includes new material. It contains great instructions on researching one’s genealogy. Plus it just might be your ‘go-to’ book for tips on how to break through those brick walls.
First Families of Bexar County, Texas, edited by Larry W. Luckett
The book offers a collection of descendant lineages, personal histories, and family narratives from residentsof Béxar, San Antonio, and Bexar County prior to 1850.
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm
Monday 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 7 pm
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
We are located at:
911 Melissa Dr, San Antonio, TX 78213
Convenient location, great parking, and easy to find.
From I-410, exit onto Blanco Rd north.
Go 3/4 mile and turn left onto Melissa Dr.
The Dwyer Center is the first building on the north side of Melissa Dr, and the Library is the second building on the north side of Melissa Dr. Please use the first driveway and park in any of the 28 marked parking spaces.
Phone:(210) 342-5242
Days closed:New Years Day, Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Founders’ Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Fall Seminar, Thanksgiving Eve and Day, Christmas Eve and Day.
The SAGHS Library will be closed during the General Membership Meeting and re-open at 12:00 pm upon completion of the meeting. It will remain open until 4 pm.
Our speaker is Michael Carroll, an architectural historian. His presentation is on the Sanborn Maps of San Antonio - their history and significance and how to access and decipher these maps. The business meeting includes voting for the new by-laws which are posted on the website's members only section ...
Instructor: Laura Grover. Today, Laura will review what one needs to prepare at home before leaving for genealogy research. She will review what is needed to put into your suitcase so that you have both where ancestors originated and where they are at present. In other words, the more information ...
Instructor: Dr. David Katerndahl. Today's class will focus on the fear-provoking and stigmatizing diseases with which our ancestors had to cope, focusing on 19th Century America. In addition to discussing infectious, nutritional and maternal-child disorders rarely seen today, we will explore the evolution of military and cancer medicine as well ...
If you have read the “Methods & Sources” articles by Leslie W. Tomlinson, Certified Genealogist and SAGHS member, in our Newsletters, you might want to add our newest book to your personal library. 
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