Jose Mier Explores LinkedIn’s Buffet of Results As you know I try to find as many instances of my name, Jose Mier as I can. It’s really just a labor of love for me and there’s no earth-shattering purpose to it all, but it makes me feel good. I once had someone contact me because …. Read More
Please click the SUBSCRIBE button for more of my videos. BEST VIEWED IN FULL SCREEN MODE Here’s how to use your smartphone or iPad / tablet and Google Chrome to identify some of your photos and images for family history and genealogy research. Google Chrome attempts to match the image you upload to other images …. Read More
Be sure to click the SUBSCRIBE button because I have more tips on the way! Here’s how to find photos, maps and other images FAST in Google Books that can enhance your genealogy research and family history. Google Books has over 25 million books and many of them are fully digitized and searchable. Scrolling through …. Read More
Be sure to click the SUBSCRIBE button because I have more tips on the way! Here’s how to clip and save images (like maps, drawings, photos, and more) from free Google ebooks for your genealogy research and family history. I’ll even show you how to use them on your own family history blog or website. …. Read More
Mobile Organization: Bookmarks! (Be sure to click the SUBSCRIBE button because I have more tips on the way.) Here’s how to create bookmark ‘app’ icons and organize them for your genealogy research and family history. Whether you use an Android smartphone or tablet, or an Apple iPhone or iPad, this video will help you quickly …. Read More
Tech Tips for Genealogy: Here’s how to use Google search operators to be able to tell Google exactly what you are searching for. Whether it is a single word, a particular phrase, or variations on the phrase you are looking for, it’s essential that you speak Google’s language so it can deliver the results you …. Read More
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born on this day in 1867 in the farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin. Considered one of the greatest architects in history, Wright has designed some of the most iconic buildings in the world. Image: Frank Lloyd Wright / Library of Congress He was born Franklin Lincoln Wright on June 8, …. Read More
Today marks the anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. In honor of D-Day, we’re highlighting the Easy Company – Band of Brothers, a collaborative project dedicated to the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in the United States Army. Created in 1942, the 506th Parachute …. Read More
Today we remember Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot after giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1968. He would succumb to his wounds the next day. Image: Robert F. Kennedy / LBJ Library Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the …. Read More
What’s your connection to royalty? On this day in 1738, George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, was born. George III was Great Britain’s longest living and reigning monarch until the reign of his granddaughter, Queen Victoria. Image: George III / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration The eldest son of Frederick, Prince of …. Read More