Cuban Genealogy Podcast

Rich Denis present Canary Islands in Your Family Tree...part 2, mostly in Spanish

Canary Islands in your family tree - presented by Richard Denis.

Welcome to episode 405: we interview Italian photographer Carolina Sandretto about her book "Cines de Cuba" 

Exerpt from the book jacket: "In 1953, Cuba had 694 cinemas and theaters. Havana alone had 134, more than New York or Paris. In 2014, documentary photographer Carolina Sandretto set out to find and photograph, with a 1950s medium-format camera, the remaining cinemas from that golden era. This book is a visual document of her journey."

Her book is available on Amazon. You can also visit her website: www.cinesdecuba.com for free access to an interactive map with cinema locations throughout Cuba. 

Instagram: carolina_sandretto_photo

Episode 404: April 2021. Join us for our discussion with Molly Rogers of American Ancestors. Molly and her team are digitizing ecclesiastical records in the Boston area. We discuss the project and how we can attribute their successes with the Cuba digitization project. For more information please visit www.AmericanAncestors.com 

In honor of St Patrick's Day, we would like to share a research project by Giselle Gonzalez-Garcia from the book, Ireland and Cuba: Entangled Histories. The researcher uses cemetery records (1859-1862) to explore Irish immigration to Cuba. 

The full survey can be found here: 

https://irlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Irlanda-y-Cuba-historias-entretejidas-030120-with-cover.pdf

In the second part of the podcast, we present the Cuban cemetery timeline, including important dates and events. This work-in-progress will be posted on www.digitalcuba.org. 

Thank you for your continued support as we begin our fourth year of preserving our Cuban heritage. Please also follow us on Facebook and Instagram. 

Celebrating Women's History Month/El Mes de la Historia de la Mujer!

Welcome to the Cuban Genealogy Podcast! Where we discuss all things related to tracing your Cuban genealogy! In this episode we will hear about the women’s movement in Cuba from 1890-1940. We will have a candid conversation with my university professor, Dr Lynn Stoner. We will discuss the women’s movement by comparing two generations, that of my grandmother and her mother, my great grandmother. My great grandmother was born before Independence from Spain and my grandmother after Independence from Spain.  I hope you enjoy the discussion and can get a glimpse of what life was like for our female ancestors in Cuba. Thank you for listening, I’m your host…Brian Tosko Bello.

Show notes:

Bio for Lynn Stoner:

https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/186878

Author of From the Kitchen to the Street: Women’s Movement 1890-1940

Podcast 309: We discuss Cuban-American actor, Cesar Romero, and his possible connection to Jose Marti. This podcast snippet is part of our Famous Cubans in Your Family Tree webinar broadcasted on Facebook Live December 2020. Other episodes from this series include: Carly Simon, Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista, Marta Abreu and Catalina Laza.  Full video version available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRosOnzV3XT3N0XLDxtZRMQ

You can also follow us at digitalcuba.org  

Part of our final podcast series for 2020, Famous Cubans in Your Family Tree Part 1: the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg - Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista. In this episode we explore Maria Teresa's journey from Marinao, Cuba to the United States and eventually to European royalty when she becomes the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. 

Continuing our series on How to Be Cuban American in 30 Days, we interview Cuban-American author, Gustavo Perez Firmat. Topics include his book "Living on the Hypen: The Cuban-American Way," what it means to be Cuban-American, family history and the importance of speaking Spanish!  Thank you for supporting the Cuban Genealogy Podcast and our efforts to digitize historic records to preserve our Cuban heritage. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook and at DigitalCuba.org. 

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we present blogger, Marta Darby of My Big Fat Cuban Family! We discuss the importance of Cuban food, Cuban family history, speaking Spanish at home, the perfect flan and life as a Cuban American in Southern California! This podcast is part of our How to be Cuban American in 30 Days challenge. For more information visit: mybigfatcubanfamily.com 

The video version of this interview is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YPboMZG08wQ