This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Milanes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/kRC.2ACE/5343.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hi: The information I have about my great grandfather is that he was born in Santiago de Cuba. His name was Jose Elias Milanes and was a dentist who I believe studied in Spain. He lived in New Orleans. I don't know how direct the connection might be to your family or if there were just many people with this name from that area, especially if they were slave descendants. The name might have more to do with the owners than the family relationships.