Accredited Genealogist

Peggy L. Lauritzen, AG, AGL, FOGS

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG®, AGL, FOGS, has an amazing ability to bring laughter into the lives of her audience members. One of her favorite photos is of her mother on the way to a church picnic, followed by an afternoon of cemetery transcribing. It was taken just four days before Peggy was born!

Peggy is a frequent lecturer at many local societies in Ohio, as well as across the United States. She has presented at Brigham Young University and ICAPGen, and has taught Continuing Education classes at several community colleges and at The Ohio State University. One of her proudest moments was achieving the credentials that qualified her to become an Accredited Genealogist®—a designation she has maintained for nearly thirty years—which helped polish 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 as a Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society and received the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Service to Professional Genealogy. She enjoys serving as a board member for both the Utah Genealogical Association and the Association of Professional Genealogists. In 2025, she was awarded the Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern Lifetime Achievement Award. Peggy is also a former researcher at AncestryProGenealogists.

Peggy and her husband, Kerry, serve as Family History Center Directors in north-central Ohio.