At each program\, authors will speak\, fol lowed by a question and answer session. This event is free\, but registrat ion is preferred. For other Genealogy and Local History fair events and of ferings\, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair/.
\nPeggy Clemens Lauritzen\, AG\, AGL\, FOGS\, has an amazing ability to bring laughter into the lives of her aud ience members.
\nFor forty years\, Peggy has been a frequent lecture r at Family History seminars and has presented at Brigham Young University \, and ICAPGen\, and taught Continuing Education classes at community coll eges and The Ohio State University. She was tested through ICAPGen to beco me an Accredited Genealogist\, a credential she has maintained for twenty- eight years\, working hard to polish her research skills.
\nRecently retired as a featured columnist in Reminisce magazine\, she has written s everal Legacy QuickGuides\, and has filmed as an instructor for Ancestry A cademy. In 2018\, she was honored to be awarded Fellow of the Ohio Genealo gical Society and received the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Servi ce to Professional Genealogy. Most recently she was honored by the Nationa l Genealogical Society by being awarded the Rabbi Malcolm Stern Lifetime A chievement Award. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists. Peggy and her husband Kerry serve as FamilySearch Center Directors in nort hcentral Ohio.
\nSensory Considerations: This p rogram will use artificial lighting. \; All speakers will use micropho nes.
\nAccessibility Details: Located on t he first floor\, accessed by elevator and/or stairs. All doors will featur e an automatic function or be propped open prior to program start. Tile or low pile carpet throughout the building. Limited free parking is availabl e in the attached garage. \;
\nPlease call Publ ic Services at 419-259-5293 to request an accommodation at least two weeks prior to the program date. \;
\nThis program is s ponsored by the Library Legacy Foundation \;(LLF) of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. \; LLF exists to support and promote the goals of the Library\, with a major emphasis on programming and services that pr omote literacy\, education\, collection development\, enhanced cultural an d recreational opportunities\, and an endowment for future stability. For more information on LLF and its mission\, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/give/.
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