Asturian-American Migration Forum

One month ago, I lived out my dream of visiting our ancestral homeland of Asturias! Thank you to everyone that contributes to this forum. Your advice and information was extremely helpful in planning this exciting trip. From the moment we arrived in Asturias, it felt so familiar…almost like coming h...

I will be traveling to Asturias the first 10 days of September. Are there festivities or parades during Dia de Asturias on 08 Sept? Where is the best place to be this day?

Thank you Art for posting on FB. And thank you Bob and Jasm for the suggestions and help you provided. I will be sure to visit them. I'll continue to post updates about any findings.

Hello, It has been a few years since I have a posted. I am finally going to travel to Spain in September. My mother and I are very excited to visit Asturias and walk in the footsteps of our ancestors! We are going this September and while I know the towns we need to visit, I would love to see a chur...

Bea, I've had some trouble with my email lately and apologize for not replying sooner. Thank you so much for the information on acquiring records in Spain. I'm very excited to start working on that this week! As for the mills in Donora, you may want to check out this website which includes a nice ov...

I've hit a dead end in the U.S. and I now need to beg looking in Asturias for records to find out more information about my family. Im planning a trip to Spain in the next few years and would love to have some addresses to visit...churches, cemeteries, etc. I noticed the list of registro civiles. Is...

You made my day!! I've just renewed my subscription to Ancestry for the month. That's how excited I am! I'll email you shortly, I'd be curious to know if I have some family in common with your wife as you said. One thing I know about Generosa Garcia is that shortly after she arrived, her husband die...

I didn't think to look in Boston for a passenger list. I'm assuming Albarey was her maiden name? I think I'll have to renew my subcription to Ancestry.com in order to view a manifest. If you have that document, would you mind seeing if there was a Ramona Gonzalez (Muniz) listed as well? I'd apprecia...

This is a little off topic from your family, but I was wondering if you had come across the ship manifest or passenger list for Generosa Garcia. We believe that my great, great grandmother, Ramona Gonzalez, traveled with her on the boat to America in 1906. I heard they were great friends and haven't...

I'm searcing for records from my great-great grandparents. The names are: Angel Fernandez Gonzalez, born Feb 12, 1882 in Aviles. He left Liverpool, Eng on the Carpathia and arrived in NY on Aug 5, 1904. Ramona Muniz Gonzalez (wife) Born in Aviles around 1883 or 1884, she arrived in NY in 1906 with t...

Thank you for the reply and history lesson! This site has been a treasure and I'm very grateful!! I just viewed the AusturianUS documentary and will be passing that onto my grandfather in Donora. I don't think he's seen it, and I'm sure he would love it! Him and Tony Menendez are very close friends....

Thank you so much for your kind words! We had so many good memories in that house next to the Spainish club. My Great-Grandma sold it around 2000 and sadly she passed away this past November. I'm in my thirties now, so fortunately I was able to spend some time with my great-grandparents before they ...

Can't wait to see them! I've been researching my family history. From Asturias, they went to Cherryvale, KS, and then onto Donora, PA. It sounds like quite a bit of the Asturian immigrants from that time followed the same path and stayed together. Does anyone know if this group came from Aviles? I'm...

I'm a new member of this site and have barely begun researching. I was so excited to read your information on Donora, Cherryvale, and Aviles. I'm from the Gonzalez family (later changed to Gonzales) who owned the Gonzalez Grocery store in Donora. My grandfather is Francis (Sonny) Gonzales, his fathe...