Close, But No Cigar Another Jose Mier search on Google books brought me tantalizingly close to some great information. In this particular search I found a book is title in Spanish is origins of the Mier surname in Nuevo Leon. Now as you know from earlier posts I trace the history of the Mier surname …. Read More
34th Jose Added to List My latest round of virtual travels Took me to Seville, Spain. It’s a long way from Sun Valley, California, my home base, but that’s the great thing about the Internet, I don’t have to leave the comfort of my home to travel around the world. My journey to Seville was …. Read More
Padre Named After His Father Safe in my Sun Valley, CA confines I continue my fool’s errand of searching for my namesakes. If you recall one of my Jose Mier articles was on José de Mier Noriega y Guerra. His full title was Fray José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra. You may also …. Read More
Jose #32 Involved in Liberty Push My latest name find is once again something in Google Books. I continue to search on this site with fairly good results. The book in which this Jose is found was published in 1781 and it’s entitled “News and proceedings of the very noble and loyal royal town of …. Read More
Colombian Author I found my 31st Jose Mier on Google Books. As I said before in previous posts, I’ve had a lot of success with Google Books and continue to use it as a research tool. As I dig deeper into the books results I find new and interesting books, authors and references that help …. Read More
Birthplace of Mier Name It dawned on me after writing all these posts about various people named Jose Mier as well as the Origins of the name Mier that I’ve written about on the site, that I wanted to know more about the town from which I get my name. Specifically that’s Mier, Spain. Of …. Read More
Discussion on Surname Popularity Following up on the heels last search posts where utilized Google Books and found more instances of the “de Mier” surname, this time I tried a new tack. My search begin on Google but instead of searching for Jose Mier I searched for the term “people with the surname de Mier.” …. Read More
I Never Knew What It Was Called If I want to sound noble I could call myself Jose de Mier. That’s because in this instance I’m using the “de” which is officially called the nobiliary particle. I never knew this part of a name had a specific appellation, but it does. I knew that the …. Read More
Letters from the Procurator General It’s always fascinating for me, regardless of how skimpy the information is about one José Meyer or another, the type of information I end up finding in my searches. Yet again, as I search from the safety of my domicile in beautiful Sun Valley, California, I am transported back in …. Read More
Pedro Jose de Mier in Book on 18th Century As you know from my earlier posts I’ve had some frustration with Google books. That’s not the case this time, however. I kept digging a little more and found another book with a José Meyer reference. I didn’t have the same problem I didn’t past searches …. Read More