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
Religious and Military Order in Spain This may or may not constitute an official addition to my list because again I was frustrated on Google books doing a search. And Again I tried searching for the name Jose Mier as well as the noble version José de Mier and found some results. But when I …. Read More
Bolivian Jose Mier is a Fan of Japanese Animation I’m continuing my Jose Mier search on YouTube. I was surprised to find so many channels with the name Jose Mier. Of course most of the videos and channels that are at the top of the YouTube search results are mine, shameless plug, but there’re tons …. Read More
Mexican Jose Mier Shows Off Roping Skills You may be surprised to find that Jose Mier just taking a break from searching on Google books. Yes, that’s right. I’m going back to YouTube to see what I can find and what I’ve found was something very new and different. My latest Jose Mier is from …. Read More
29th Famous Jose Mier I’ve been having a lot of success on Google Books, with one notable exception as you can read in my last Jose Mier post. That did not dissuade me from using Google Books again for my latest search. The more I search the deeper I have to dig and the more …. Read More
Running into a Road Block on Google Books I started this José Mier search several months ago I have always had success with my searches. Some search results gave me more information than others but at least I got something out of the search. As you know I’ve been using Google Books to search for …. Read More