Gerald O'Connor

Hand Me Down

History EN ↓ 28 episodes

Hand Me Down is my podcast of history and family stories. The goal of this series is to tell some of the stories of my family in the context of the history in which those stories occurred. It’s part genealogy and part history that I hope you’ll enjoy. Visit the website at http://oconnor.home.blog

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Gerald O'Connor

Episodes

S1E3 - Carried Away 21.07.2019 7:49

At first it appeared to be just an innocuous lapel pin on an image of my great-grandfather, Thomas O'Connor. But wait... is that a hatchet? More at oconnor.home.blog

S1E2 - Full of Feeling 19.07.2019 5:40

In this episode, we’ll look at my 2nd great uncle, John Desmond. I don’t know why I chose to feature him first. Maybe it’s because I recently found an image of him – a drawing that appeared in the Sacramento Bee in 1892. Something about an image that draws me to its story. More at oconnor.home.blog

S1E1 - Meet the Families 18.07.2019 11:43

In this episode, I’ll be setting up the background to this series and introduce the four branches of my family tree that serve as the structure for the program. More at oconnor.home.blog