Discover Your Past: Hidden Gems in the FamilySearch Wiki

What is a wiki? It’s one of the best-kept secrets of FamilySearch. Professional genealogist Peggy Clemens Lauritzen shows you how to use this powerful and robust tool that opens up a wealth of additional information for your genealogical research. 

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG, FOGS, (https://misspeggy55.weebly.com/) is a frequent lecturer at many local societies in Ohio, as well as Family History seminars. She has presented at Brigham Young University, and ICAPGen, and taught Continuing Education classes at several community colleges and The Ohio State University. One of her proudest moments was achieving the credentials that qualified her to be an Accredited Genealogist, a credential she has maintained for twenty-five years, for it polished her research skills.

She is a featured columnist in Reminisce magazine, 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. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists. Peggy and her husband Kerry serve as Family History Center Directors in northcentral Ohio.