January Members Meeting

Guy Clumpner, President of Holt Development Services, will be presenting ways to improve leadership and participation in our already successful Society.
 
Saturday, January 18th at 10 am.
Dwyer Center Auditorium

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Library Hours

Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm
Monday 10 am - 4 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 7 pm - Closed Christmas and New Years
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, 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  features Guy Clumpner, President of Holt Development Services, on ways to improve leadership and participation our already successful Society.
  • Sunday, 19 January from 2 – 4 pm – Breaking through Walls - How to Separate Same Named Individuals by Leslie Tomlinson.
  • Tuesday, 21 January from 1 - 3pm - Librarians Meeting (Monthly Meeting) - We will be covering new changes for the Library.
  • Thursday, 23 January from 10am-12pm - Librarians Meeting (Monthly Meeting) - We will be covering new changes for the Library.
  • Sunday, 26 January from 2 - 4pm - Day 2 of 4 Day Beginner’s Genealogy Class by Stephanie Wells and Lois Brady.
  • Saturday, 8 February beginning at 10 am – DNA Consult Hours by Annette Graham. Pre-registration and payment requested.
  • Sunday, 9 February from 2 - 4pm - Day 3 of 4 Day Beginner’s Genealogy Class by Stephanie Wells and Lois Brady.
  • Wednesday, 12 February from 10am - 12pm - Resolve Problems on Computer Genealogy Programs Focuing on Family Tree Maker and WikiTree - Workshop  with Scott Atkinson.
  • 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. 

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
18 January
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
SAGHS General Membership Meeting
Today is the General Membership Meeting.  SAGHS Library will open after the Monthly Meeting.

18 January
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
SAGHS Library Closed During General Membership Meeting
The SAGHS Library will be closed from 10 am - 12 pm during the General Membership Meeting and re-open at 12:00 pm upon completion of the meeting.  It will remain open until 4 pm.

19 January
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Breaking through Walls - How to Separate Same Named Individuals
Instructor: Leslie Tomlinson.   Find out how to use documents such as census records, non-population schedules, tax rolls, deed and county minutes to distinguish between same-named men.  Learn how to make simple timelines to reveal clues.  Lastly, a case study tracks four same-named men to reveal a woman's father.   ...

21 January
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Librarians Meeting
There will be a Meeting for Duty Librarians on Tuesday, 1:00pm in the Classroom, Dwyer building.  We will be covering new, changes for the Library.  Anyone is welcome to attend.  Please let Bev Rakowitz know if you can not attend.  Send any items for the Agenda to Bev Rakowitz or ...