Asturian-American Migration Forum

I think there's a mistake in the spelling. I don't think there'es any Cienfulgas in Quirós but you have one Cienfuegos.

I see that the moderator's ( thanks again for this website) ancestors have close links to Arnáu (and Avilés area). I found something in a book (Aspectos del Bable Occidental, Lorenzo Rodríguez-Castellano, Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, Uviéu, 1954) which might be interesting. When the author is t...

Hi: Talking about "amo" i think i have to desagree with Llueis. You cann't translate literally. I remember in the 80's a friend of mine from a rural area in Asturies always talked about his father's "amu". I couldnt believe it and i tried him not to use that word that i considere...

Apparently most aAsturians in Tampa were cigar-makers, people that were very involved in left-wing politics, specially anarchists ideas. While they worked they had a "reader" who kept reading for them texts mainly with political content. It's quite interesting that asturians in Tampa were ...

Tampa's Centro Asturiano has an impressive history which is just starting to be known in Asturies. We've heard a lot about México, Argentina... but we are still discovering Asturian-Americans. I bought a book (Immigrant World of Ybor City) a couple of years ago in which you can learn a lot of intere...

Bones nueches/ Good night: I'm an asturian who as far as i know don't have any Asturian-americans in my family. However i'l try to share which you some things that I consider interesting. My father has told me quite a few times that in the 50's a friend of his had a cousin (about 10 years old) who c...