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
As you know I search for Jose Mier. Not one specific Jose but any and all I can find to add to my list, but tangentially I engage in a kind of genealogy. My Miers are not related—not members of a single family tree—but when the opportunity presents itself, I like to dig a little …. Read More
Jose Mier in 16th Century Ecuador The earliest Jose Mier name I’ve found so far is my latest. The information is sketchy but there are a couple things I take away from this find. Number one, this is the first Mier I’ve found in Ecuador. It isn’t surprising in that Mier is a Latino surname, …. Read More
Genealogy As A Business It’s an interesting idea, now that I’ve been searching for Jose Mier on the Internet for some time: making money in the genealogy business. Interesting, but not really for me. That doesn’t mean it’s not a great idea for someone else. My interest in genealogy is tangential. I just happen upon …. Read More
PeekYou is Another Research Tool My Jose Mier searches take me in many directions and just about every search I do is different from the last. Take this latest search, for instance. After browsing Google images for “jose mier” I was led to the short biography of Jose Maiz Mier, on which I posted yesterday. …. Read More