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
Famous Jose Mier Number 17 Lived 90 Years The wealth of personal information it has been my pleasure to take in during the course of my Jose Mier searches is almost overwhelming. I get a glimpse into the lives of people living and deceased and I’m touched by being a part (albeit small and obscure) …. Read More
Jose Mier Celebrates Others With Tribute Video No Jose Mier search today. Only a celebration of all those I’ve had the pleasure to “meet” over the course of my Jose Mier name search. I usually begin my search on Google and look for the most “famous” Jose Miers—those whose websites or listings on the Internet …. Read More
Jose Mier Researches More of His Namesake City Searching for Jose Mier often leads me to articles on that city in northern Mexico that bears my surname. Or perhaps I bear the same of that city. In any case, searching for Mier inevitably brings up something related to that city. You can read some of …. Read More
Jose, Mier and New Spain Jose Mier-related searches are what I do and what started as a bit of fun has morphed into something that is sometimes quite interesting. The Mier surname has its orgin in northern Spain, but when the Spanish came to Mexico they brought many of the old Spanish area names with …. Read More
I’m just refleting a bit about the fourth of July. We are a country made up of immigrants and that kind of fits in with my search for Jose Mier around the world. If you recall, my search led me to the origin of the Jose Mier name–Spain–and some of the people I’ve profiled in …. Read More
A Lighthearted Look at the Spanish Day of the Week With a name like Jose Mier it’s only a matter of time before the similarity of the Mier surname and the Spanish word for Wednesday is brought up. In fact, it was in another Jose Mier search that I found a listing for masses (misas) …. Read More