1718 San Antonio Founding Families and Descendants 1718 San AntonioFounding Families and DescendantsLos Primeros Follow us on Facebook HOME ABOUT US SAN ANTONIO BEGINNINGS CONTACT BIBLIOTECA More 1718 San AntonioFounding Families andDescendantsa 501c3 not for profit organizationPreserving and Promoting HistoryThe 35 Presidio Soldiers and FamiliesMISSION VILLA PRESIDIO This group is dedicated to the preservation and proper dissemination of the history of the naming and and the May 1 1718 Spanish Governor Alarcon expedition which officially founded and established San Antonio Villa de Bejar Mission San Antonio de Valero later known as the Alamo and the Villa de Bejar later named Spanish Governor39s Palace through genealogical research culturally affiliated annual commemoration events and educational presentations. The story we intend to share with without bias but rather to involve make aware of the diversity that began with this particular significant historical event which has led to why our community of San Antonio is unique in its complexities. We share our families history in order to create a larger and more in depth and enriching landscape of history as it was and how it should be remembered and preserved. The history of San Antonio can only be fully understood and expressed if accounts are taken into consideration that by the time the 1718 expedition arrived their ancestors had been in the Americas for over 200 years.