A quick reference listing of SAGHS activities. Please see the Events and Education page for added information.
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.
Wednesday, 8 January from 10 am -12 pm – Resolve Problems on Computer Genealogy Programs Focusing on FamilyTree Maker and WikiTree – Workshop with Scott Atkinson
Saturday, 11 January beginning at 10 am – DNA Consult Hours by Annette Graham. Pre-registration and payment requested.
Sunday, 12 January from 2 – 4 pm – Day 1 of 4 Day Beginner’s Genealogy Class by Stephanie Wells and Lois Brady.
Saturday, 18 January from 10 -12 – General Membership Meeting Business - Ellen Cotton, Finance Chair, has been appointed 2nd Vice President-Finance by President Rob Lewis. This is a new position in the Bylaws that were approved at the October Members Meeting. The appointment was approved by the Board. This will be voted on at the January Members Meeting.
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:
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.
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!
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!
Last Day to Prepay and Register for the Beginning Genealogy - 4 Part Series
Instructors: Stephanie Wells and Lois Bready The recommended text is Generation by Generation - A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy, by Drew Smith (2023), available from Amazon. The 8-hour course covers terminology, documentation, & citations, pedigree charts & family group records, preserving and organizing information and heirlooms, database ...
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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