Susan M. O'Connor

ProGen Member Overview

Susan O’Connor has been involved in genealogy since before she was born! When her parents announced their engagement, a distant relative declared “Maurice Bowler’s daughter has no business keeping company with Katie Manning’s son!” Testimony from an Irish missionary priest in Georgia enabled her parents to marry but it was only on their 60th wedding anniversary when Susan presented them with a detailed pedigree chart that they learned they were actually 3rd cousins. Susan has researched her family in Ireland, Australia and the United States and those of her husband from French Canada for over 20 years. She holds a Certificate in Genealogy Research from Boston University.

Prior to her "retirement" in 2014, Susan was for 13 years the Executive Director of the Timothy Smith Network (TSN), a regional consortium of community technology centers in the greater Roxbury section of Boston working toward the community’s economic advancement through technology proficiency. She was the Transition Manager of Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN), Boston’s Public Access TV Station from 2017 to 2019. She also has over 25 years’ experience in technology and program development, IT support and training in the banking industry. As an undergraduate, she majored in mathematics, physics and secondary education at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, WI. Susan received a Master of Science in Training & Development in 1994 from Lesley University.

Currently Susan is the Treasurer or NEAPG and the President of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council.