Illegitimacy can be both a surprise and an embarrassment as we discover more and more about our family&rsquo\;s hist ory. Treated with care and sensitivity\, we can use many available resourc es to help us in our research.
\nAt each program\, authors will spea k\, followed by a question and answer session. This event is free\, but re gistration is preferred. For other Genealogy and Local History fair events and offerings\, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair/.
\nABOU T THE AUTHOR
\nPeggy Clemens Lauritzen\, AG\, AGL\, FOGS\, has an amazing ability to bring laughter into the lives of her audience me mbers.
\nFor forty years\, Peggy has been a frequent lecturer at Fam ily History seminars and has presented at Brigham Young University\, and I CAPGen\, and taught Continuing Education classes at community colleges and The Ohio State University. She was tested through ICAPGen to become an Ac credited Genealogist\, a credential she has maintained for twenty-eight ye ars\, working hard to polish her research skills.
\nRecently retired as a featured columnist in Reminisce magazine\, she has written several L egacy QuickGuides\, and has filmed as an instructor for Ancestry Academy. In 2018\, she was honored to be awarded Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical So ciety and received the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Service to Pr ofessional Genealogy. Most recently she was honored by the National Geneal ogical Society by being awarded the Rabbi Malcolm Stern Lifetime Achieveme nt Award. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists. Peggy an d her husband Kerry serve as FamilySearch Center Directors in northcentral Ohio.
\nSensory Considerations: This program w ill use artificial lighting. \; All speakers will use microphones.
\nAccessibility Details: Located on the first floor\, accessed by elevator and/or stairs. All doors will feature an aut omatic function or be propped open prior to program start. Tile or low pil e carpet throughout the building. Limited free parking is available in the attached garage. \;
\nPlease call Public Servi ces at 419-259-5293 to request an accommodation at least two weeks prior t o the program date. \;
\nThis program is sponsored by the Library Legacy Foundation \;(LLF) of the Toledo Lucas County P ublic Library. \; LLF exists to support and promote the goals of the L ibrary\, with a major emphasis on programming and services that promote li teracy\, education\, collection development\, enhanced cultural and recrea tional opportunities\, and an endowment for future stability. For more inf ormation on LLF and its mission\, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/give/.
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