Finding Your French Ancestors
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
Quarantine Diary Prompts—How to Journal about the Historic Events of 2020
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
All About Armenian Culture
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
1950s Fashions: Mid-Century Clothing Styles
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
20th Jose Mier: Author of La Gran Colombia
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
How Many Joses Are There?
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
Jose Mier 19: Cuban School Director 1870s
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
Genealogy Tools Online
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
Earliest Jose Mier Found To Date!
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
Can I Make Money Searching for Jose Mier?
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