A quick reference listing of SAGHS activities. Please see the Events and Education page for added information.
Saturday, 13 December, 10 am - 1 pm - DNA Consult Hours - by Annette Graham. Pre-registration and payment requested.
Sunday, 14 December, 2 pm - 4 pm - Researching WWI Service Members - by Scott Atkinson
Wednesday, 24 December and Thursday, 25 December - The Library is closed for the Christmas Holiday. It will re-open on Saturday 27 December from 10 am - 4 pm.
Wednesday, 31 December and Thursday, 1 Jan 2026 - the Library is closed for the New Year's Holiday. It will re-open on Saturday 3 January from 10 am - 4 pm.
Happy Holidays to all!
Looking for Genealogy Resources?
Our library collection has over 19,000 titles.
Our library catalog is online and searchable by Media Type, Subject, Location, Title and more.
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 .
These subscriptions are available on all our computers in both our Library and the Dwyer Center:
Ancestry.com Library Edition
Fold3
Find My Past
American Ancestors
History GEO
Family Search Library
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.
Instructor: Annette Graham. DNA has become another avenue for researching our Ancestors. Getting the results of your DNA testing has sometimes caused confusion and created many questions. This one-on-one program with Annette is designed to help you interpret your results and how to use your DNA results with your ...
The SAGHS Library will be closed for the Christmas Holidays, Wednesday, December 24th and Thursday, December 25th and will re-open on Saturday, December 27th from 10 am - 4 pm. Happy Holidays to all!
The SAGHS Library will be closed Wednesday, December 31st and Thursday, January 1st to celebrate the New Year's Holidays. It will re-open Saturday, January 3rd from 10 am - 4 pm. Have a Happy New Year!