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Misbegotten Children: Tracing Family Lines of Illegitimate

Toledo Library Genealogy and Local History Fair

Featuring keynote speaker Peggy Clemens Lauritzen - Nearly all families have children with seemingly missing fathers. Yet, there may be clues and resources to help us determine their ancestry.

Illegitimacy can be both a surprise and an embarrassment as we discover more and more about our family’s history. Treated with care and sensitivity, we can use many available resources to help us in our research.

At each program, authors will speak, followed by a question and answer session. This event is free, but registration is preferred. For other Genealogy and Local History fair events and offerings, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/genealogyfair/.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG, AGL, FOGS, has an amazing ability to bring laughter into the lives of her audience members.

For forty years, Peggy has been a frequent lecturer at Family History seminars and has presented at Brigham Young University, and ICAPGen, and taught Continuing Education classes at community colleges and The Ohio State University. She was tested through ICAPGen to become an Accredited Genealogist, a credential she has maintained for twenty-eight years, working hard to polish her research skills.

Recently retired as a featured columnist in Reminisce magazine, she has written several Legacy QuickGuides, and has filmed as an instructor for Ancestry Academy. In 2018, she was honored to be awarded Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society and received the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Service to Professional Genealogy. Most recently she was honored by the National Genealogical Society by being awarded the Rabbi Malcolm Stern Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists. Peggy and her husband Kerry serve as FamilySearch Center Directors in northcentral Ohio.

Sensory Considerations: This program will use artificial lighting.  All speakers will use microphones.

Accessibility Details: Located on the first floor, accessed by elevator and/or stairs. All doors will feature an automatic function or be propped open prior to program start. Tile or low pile carpet throughout the building. Limited free parking is available in the attached garage. 

Please call Public Services at 419-259-5293 to request an accommodation at least two weeks prior to the program date. 

This program is sponsored 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 promote literacy, education, collection development, enhanced cultural and recreational opportunities, and an endowment for future stability. For more information on LLF and its mission, visit https://www.toledolibrary.org/give/.