In this episode, I introduce a 2x great-grandfather on my mother’s side who, among other things, was a Confederate POW during the Civil War. oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, we continue Michael O'Connor's journey from Ireland in 1884 to a homestead outside of Grand Island, Nebraska. oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, I take a look at the long public service career of my great-grandfather, Michael Desmond, who held municipal offices during the Progressive Era of the early 20th century. oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, my second great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Ward, gets divorced, then marries, and dies – all on the same day. More at oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, we visit a non-Irish branch of my family tree and explore what brought them from a little village in Switzerland into the heartland of America. More at oconnor.home.blog

This episode started out as an attempt to find out more about a duplex that I own in East Sacramento, but I ended up learning more about the people who built it. More at oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, we take a closer look at the first Baldwin Gardiner from New York. oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, my great-great grandfather Michael O'Connor participates in the very first boycott, and in a way, initiates his own. More at oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, my great-grandmother Mary Morley Desmond writes some words during the worst of the Great Depression. More at oconnor.home.blog

In this episode, my great-grandfather and his brother go looking for trouble, and hope to prove the truth of that old adage “it’s not who starts the fight that matters, it’s who finishes it.” More at oconnor.home.blog