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.

About our Library Collection

Library Hours

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.
  • Wednesday, 11 December from 10 am - 12 pm - Resolve Problems on Computer Genealogy Programs Focusing on Family Tree Maker and WikiTree -Workshop with Scott Atkinson.
  • Tuesday, 17 December - The Librarian Meeting is cancelled until next year.
  • Tuesday, 24 December through Wednesday, 25 December - SAGHS Library Closed for the Christmas Holidays. It will re-open Saturday 28 December from 10 am - 4 pm.  Happy Holidays to all!
  • Tuesday, 31 December through Wednesday, 1 January 2025 - SAGHS Library Closed for the New Year's Holidays.  The library will re-open Saturday, 4 January from 10 am - 4 pm. Happy New Year to all!
  • Sunday, 5 January 2025 - The Last Day to prepay and register for the Beginner's 4-Day Classes by Stephanie Wells and Lois Bready. The cost is $30 members/$60 non-members for classes 2 - 4 pm on Sundays  12 and 26 January, 9 February and 2 March.
  • Now until 9 February 2025 - Early registration for the GSKC Seminar Saturday 15 February at the St. John Lutheran Church, 315 Rosewood Ave., Boerne TX 78006. Early payment plus $15 box lunch is $55 members/$60 non-members; $65 after 9 Feb. The speakaer is Drew Smith. To contact - Info@gskctx.org.
 

Our Heritage Journal

 
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:
  • 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. 

It is on sale now for $20.00. 

You can purchase this book through our online store or you can save on shipping by purchasing the book in person at the library during regular library hours.


Book Now Available

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 residents of Béxar, San Antonio, and Bexar County prior to 1850.   

 

More details and how to order

 


Obituaries update
 
The obituaries list from San Antonio newspapers has been updated to include deaths in 1961.

Visit our Library!

 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.

 
 
 
 
 


Upcoming
11 December
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Resolve Problems on Computer Genealogy Programs Focusing on Family Tree Maker and WikiTree -Workshop
Instructor: Scott Atkinson. These workshops with Scott will include Roots Magic, Family Tree Maker, Ancestry and Wiki-Tree. These monthly Workshops (Second Wednesdays at 10 am) continue to assist in answering questions or solving problems in their use. Laptops are useful but not required to attend.   Please pre-register by calling ...

17 December
Duty Librarian Meeting is cancelled until next year
Today's meeting is cancelled until next year...

24 December
SAGHS Library Closed for the Christmas Holidays
The SAGHS Library will be closed for the Christmas Holidays, Tuesday, December 24th and Wednesday, December 25th and will re-open on Saturday, December 28th from 10 am - 4 pm.  Happy Holidays to all!

31 December
SAGHS Library Closed for the New Year's Holidays
The SAGHS Library will be closed Tuesday, December 31st and Wednesday, January 1st to celebrate the New Year's Holidays.  It will re-open Saturday, January 4th from 10 am - 4 pm. Have a Happy New Year!