Asturian-American Migration Forum

Art,

Thanks so much for your help. I'm still going through the forum for info...there is a lot of it. It is great that this forum exisits. I'll keep doing my research!

Bea

Hi Art, This is correct! I did a bit more research and Donora Zinc Works was actually the location that had a massive polution accident where 20 people died and many more were plagued with medical issues for years later. The government used the location and incident to create polution laws and for o...

Hi Mindi, If you haven't already, you may want to contact the civil registry in Spain at https://sede.mjusticia.gob.es/cs/Satellite/Sede/en/1215197869883/DetalleInicio.html with the specific information you have, it should be easy to have the birth records send to you by mail free of charge. Once yo...

Thanks so much, Bob! I have emailed el registro through la seda electronica and they can't find the info. I'm going to have to write the specific Parroquias in the area to see if they can find anything. I'm also looking for any historic information regarding the steel mills and coal mines and the im...

Hi, I am searching for any information regarding my maternal great-grandparents. I found a ship manifest with their names on it, along with my grandmother's name, Aurelia Cuervo (she was 3 months old), coming from Havana to Key West in April 1923. According to my mother, Jose Cuervo was going to wor...