New Mexico Church Records 18th Century
Prenuptial Investigation Witness: Jose Mier I find some interesting things in my searches for people named Jose Mier. The latest excerpt from a book on prenuptial investigations in New Mexico during the last half of the 18th-century reveals the getting married required a lot more than it does today. From the infinitesimal information I was …. Read More
Joseph Mier: Rabbi
A Little Jose Mier Fun I hope you will forgive me for taking a little liberty here with my latest Jose Mier listing but the fact that I have been holed up in my Sun Valley, California basement for several months due to coronavirus shutdowns may be making me a little loopy. As you know, …. Read More
Jose Maria de Mier: Colombian Historian
Penned 4-Volume Work on Equitorial America My latest find in my search for Jose Mier around the world is one José Maria de-Mier. This man is a historian and author from Colombia. He was born in 1929 and has, among other things, published a four-volume work in 1987 about the history of Latin America, specifically …. Read More
19th Century Artisan
Leon Province’s Jose Vega Mier Jose Mier is not an uncommon name as I am finding out. Even if the references to that name be cryptic, the name continues to pop up here and there as I search the Internet for more instances. My latest discovery is one Jose Vega Mier who was apparently artisan …. Read More
Everything Except What I Wanted
Trying to Find Jose Gonzalez de Colosia Mier’s Child Ah, Google Books. You tempt me with information only to withhold it from me at the moment I’m on to something interesting. I may seem like a broken record but yet another search on Google books has led me tantalizingly close to information I want and …. Read More
Tantalizing Search for Mier Surname in Book
Close, But No Cigar Another Jose Mier search on Google books brought me tantalizingly close to some great information. In this particular search I found a book is title in Spanish is origins of the Mier surname in Nuevo Leon. Now as you know from earlier posts I trace the history of the Mier surname …. Read More
18th Century Priest Involved with Seville Cathedral
34th Jose Added to List My latest round of virtual travels Took me to Seville, Spain. It’s a long way from Sun Valley, California, my home base, but that’s the great thing about the Internet, I don’t have to leave the comfort of my home to travel around the world. My journey to Seville was …. Read More
Another de Mier: Parent of Controversial Priest
Padre Named After His Father Safe in my Sun Valley, CA confines I continue my fool’s errand of searching for my namesakes. If you recall one of my Jose Mier articles was on José de Mier Noriega y Guerra. His full title was Fray José Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra. You may also …. Read More
1781: Jose R. Mier and Bolivian Independence Movement
Jose #32 Involved in Liberty Push My latest name find is once again something in Google Books. I continue to search on this site with fairly good results. The book in which this Jose is found was published in 1781 and it’s entitled “News and proceedings of the very noble and loyal royal town of …. Read More
Another Santander Connection
Colombian Author I found my 31st Jose Mier on Google Books. As I said before in previous posts, I’ve had a lot of success with Google Books and continue to use it as a research tool. As I dig deeper into the books results I find new and interesting books, authors and references that help …. Read More