My First José Mier Failure
Running into a Road Block on Google Books I started this José Mier search several months ago I have always had success with my searches. Some search results gave me more information than others but at least I got something out of the search. As you know I’ve been using Google Books to search for …. Read More
Ecuadorian José Mier from 1808: Philosopher
Another South American Jose My latest José Mier find it’s quite obscure. Again and I looked on Google Books to try to find another José Mier. Of course I was successful. However the book in which I founded doesn’t seem to be related to Ecuador at all. The document in which I found this José …. Read More
My Jose Mier #26 From Los Angeles, Chile in the 1820s
Another Jose Mier from the Nineteenth Century My latest Jose Mier find—number 26—is another from the early 1800s, about the same time as Father Jose Mier from Mexico. Again this was a search done within Google Books since I have been having great success with this method. I may not find a lot of detailed …. Read More
Jose Mier Noriega Y Guerra: My 23rd Jose
Priest and Prisoner My latest Jose Mier is one found through (if not on) Google Books, but it was because of an obscure listing on GB that I was able to find more information on this man. To me this is the most interesting find yet and because I was able to find an excerpt …. Read More
All (Jose Mier) Roads Lead to Rome
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
How Many Jose Miers Can You Spot in This Video?
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
Happy 4th of July from Jose Mier
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
Happy Jose Miercoles!
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
Jose Mier and the National Archives for Genealogy Research
Jose Mier Stumbles Upon Goldmine For those who are new to genealogical research (like me) you may wonder where to start. My search for people named Jose Mier is in some respects ridiculous since I’m merely looking for any other people around the world with the name Jose Mier. However, my search does touch on …. Read More
Spanish Jose Mier LinkedIn Search
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