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“Community Research
Using the National Register of Historic Places and the Historical Marker Database”

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, speaker
November 12, 2024
5 p.m. Social, 5:30 p.m. Dinner. Eastern USA.

This is the Chapter Lineage Banquet. Reservations are required at the cost of $25.00 per person.

The National Register of Historic Places and the Historical Marker Database are familiar sites across the United States and even the world. How can they be used for genealogical research?

Ā Peggy Clemens LauritzenĀ is an accredited genealogist, Fellow of OGS, and author of Legacy QuickGuides on Appalachia. She is an instructor at Ancestry Academy, Family Tree University, and columnist forĀ ReminisceĀ magazine. Peggy is the 2018 recipient of the Laura G. Prescott Award for Exemplary Service to Professional Genealogy. She is a former researcher at Ancestry ProGenealogists.

Attend in-person and via Zoom at the Freer Home on August 20, 2024Ā at 6:30 p.m. Eastern USA.

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ACCOGS Immediate Past President, Tammy Pelton, on the Ohio Roots Podcast

Ohio Roots is the official podcast of the Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS). Hosted by OGS Executive Director, Noel Poirier, this podcast brings you insightful conversations with a diverse array of guests. Our own ACCOGS Immediate Past President (2023), Tammy Pelton, recorded an episode on Thursday, October 12, 2023 and it is now LIVE. Tammy did a great job!

So put on your headphones and listen in at: https://www.ogs.org/podcasts/

We encourage the collection and preservation of genealogical and historical records about early settlers of Ashland County and make them available to all interested people.