All Jose Mier Authors in One Place Looking for Jose Mier (the name) as I do, I continue to be enamored of Google Books. The breadth (if not depth) of information available to the amateur genealogist like myself is astounding and it seems like every search yields another gem for me. I merely type “Jose …. Read More
Jose Maria Mier Lopez We have another first on this Jose Mier site. Our latest find is a Jose Maria Mier Lopez and he’s our first research scientist. Of course we’ve had other Joses in the medical field and as such they qualify as “scientists” but no one yet has been dedicated strictly to research. …. Read More
Do you have French ancestry and wonder where to start learning more about them? As you learn about your ancestors, take some time to learn about the country and the records that you can access to discover more about them. You’ll learn that a wealth of information and records are available to help you! France …. Read More
We are living in historic times. Are you recording your experiences? Not only can journaling help you cope better with day-to-day life, but one day your family will be interested in knowing what it was like to live through the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. If you haven’t already begun a COVID diary detailing your thoughts …. Read More
Armenia is one of the oldest countries in the world. Its capital city, Yerevan, dates to about 600 BC. Ancient Armenia encompassed the Armenian Highlands, an enormous historical region shared today with Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Modern-day Armenia is much smaller, but it still occupies a key position where Europe, Asia and the Middle …. Read More
Poodle skirts and ponytails, jeans and slick-backed hair—that’s what many people consider iconic 1950s fashions. These looks were popular for teens, but what did everyone else wear? Style in the 1950s offered both men and women a new range of options. The people in your mid-century family photos may have worn lots of styles, but …. Read More
History of Nineteeth Century South America My latest—the 20th—Jose Mier is an author. That’s a first for jose-mier.com. I have recorded many others who share my name but until now no one who has written a book (or multiple books for that matter). Jose M. de Mier is this author’s name and his work “La …. Read More
My Name Is Losing Popularity Jose used to be the most popular Hispanic name there was. Not so anymore. The latest data I could find is that it’s dropped from number one to lower than number 50 in recent years. All this makes me wonder. If there are about 26,000 Miers around the world now, …. Read More
Celebrating the Harvest in the Mier Name As I wrote about in my Origins of the name Jose Mier page it seems to be a derivation of Latin “mies” which refers to ripe grain or the harvest. It also reinforces the fact that wheat (and other grains) which were used to make bread were of …. Read More
Use of Google Books I took my own advice and used one of the Google tools I listed in my previous Jose-Mier.com post. I decided to go into Google Books directly and I wasn’t disappointed. There’s a wealth of information to be found. Thanks to Google every name, word and punctuation mark in thousands of …. Read More