Asturian-American Migration Forum

Hi Ana, Still can't reply to you via email; nice to hear from you here however. I'll keep posting to try to reach my quota. ;) It's so fun that you actually went to that school! I imagine the memories are wonderful. I'm sending letters out to the local addresses in Panes I can find, and will try to ...

Hello Jose Luis, Beatrich and AnaCarlotaGonzales, So we're all cousins, far removed. Would love to get in touch and hear more about what you know, but as all of us only have a couple of posts, I am unable to email you. I do have a copy of the book by Jose Demetrio Diego, and a (very poor) translatio...

Just joined this forum today, and was doing a search on my grandfather, came across this thread... My great-grandfather was Angel Cuesta LaMadrid. He was born in Colosia just outside of Panes in 1858. (That's the date I have - could be incorrect.) His daughter Carlotta was my father's mother, my gra...

Hi all, Just ran across this forum today - what a find! My great-grandfather was Angel Cuesta LaMadrid. He was born in Colosia just outside of Panes in 1858, and arrived in Havana, Cuba in 1873, where he attended school for two years, and then apprenticed as a cigar maker. He later rolled cigars in ...