Asturian-American Migration Forum

This information has been passed on to baby Bennie Guardardo's family. They may not have had this information about Luis. I know that his children are actively searching "the tree" with their mother.

The nicknames make the search more difficult but meaningful. We have an "Angel by the bridge" and an "Angel down the hill" in my family. Seems like location was a common theme with at least some of the nicknames. That was my line of thinking with "Llaranes". It may be s...

I had not seen an adult picture of Josita. My mother remembered a strange name but could not remember the exact name, "Llaranes" must have been it. I looked on-line and found a town or village called Llaranes, Asturia. Is this why he was called that? I could not find the meaning of the wor...

JBarbo, Thank you so much for your last post. Because of this I had a dirction to move in. My mother provided some other names but did not know how some of these folks were related. I have now positively established a link with documents between Generosa Alvarez, brother Vicente Alvarez and sister J...

Michael & Richard, We have now joined ancestry.com as well. We have located GGF Lazaro's Obituary. It lists his DOB as May 22 1884 and the Social Security death index lists it as June 15 1884. Ah, yes different from his WWI draft card. I guess it was whatever day and month he felt like at that p...

If any one has or can suggest how or where I can find a copy of the Donora Zinc Works soccer club photo that was taken in 1930 please contact me. My grandfather (Art Garcia) is pictured front center bottom row directly behind the mascot. The photo was taken after winning the game against Moundsville...

Jbarbo, Nice to hear that you new them. I have even more question's now. You say Art & Bennie lived below your Garcia family. (Which one's are your so I don't get them mixed up?) Do you know about when or what age Art & Bennie were? Did Art & Bennie live with their mother? Do you know he...

Garcia Family, I am researching my mother's Geneology. She grew up on 12th street in Donora, Pa. My mother is Sally (Garcia) Houston. Her parent's were Arthur & Ann (Rodriguez) Garcia. Arthur played soccer in Donora in a club. And they sometimes went to W.V for soccer Tournaments. Mom say's he w...

Bob or Art, I think one of my great-grandfather's brothers (Lazaro Rodriguez) was named James. I live in south Texas and have always thought that Santiago is a form of James. But mom insists his name was James not Santiago. At the same time she new her grandmother as Mary not Maria. Are there any ot...

Richard & Michael, My mom said that she remembered there were three brothers of Lazaro. One named "James" stayed in Spain. One unknown name went to Mexico City(?). And of course Lazaro in the U.S. Connecting James and Lazaro may help. Haven't talkd to Uncle Art yet so don't work too ha...

Michael, Richard, My mom said that she had one photo of Lazaro with my older brother David. It is in North Carolina with my other brother where she lives so not too handy. She has a mission when she goes home. Do either of you have any photo's of Lazaro, Maria, and family you could scan and share? I...

Michael, How do you log onto ancestry.com to see the tree you have so far? Do you need to be a member? I will send info about my family minus DOB's of the living of course. Please pass the names on to Richard. Richard, Trying to post a picture next to my user name. Mine is too big. Do you know how t...

Richard,

What search sites are you using?

The LDS Family search.org has been helpful so far for me.

Brian

Richard, Michael, Found Angel Alonso's SSN # on the death index. Spelled according to them with an S. His DOB 22 mar 1896 DOD was Jun 1969 in Donora. This would have been "Angel at the Bridge" as my mom refered to him as. This would have been Maria's brother. Mom did not realize that he wa...

Rich- What do you know about Lazaro's wife Mary? Any dates? You said she was an Alonzo...correct? Siblings...etc? Just spoke with mom (Sally) and the hamster was burnin' the wheel in reverse! My wife has a cousin that has researched her family tree extensively and has access to Ancestry.com He said ...