Jose Mier Sun Valley: Using Historical Land Maps to Discover Family Connections
Jose Mier explores how historical plat maps, landownership atlases, and fire insurance maps can reveal where ancestors lived, identify neighbors, and add context to family history research.
Jose Mier Sun Valley: Unlocking Family Stories Through Probate Records
Jose Mier of Sun Valley explores how wills, estate files, guardianship papers and other probate records can reveal family relationships, migration clues and forgotten connections in genealogical research.
Jose Mier Sun Valley: Following Ancestors Through Land Deeds and Property Records
Jose Mier explores how land deeds, homestead records and property documents can reveal family relationships, migration patterns, addresses and overlooked clues in genealogical research.
Jose Mier Sun Valley: Following Ancestors Through Passenger Lists and Port Records
Jose Mier explores how passenger lists and port records can help genealogists connect American ancestors to their places of origin and uncover the migration stories behind a family tree.
Jose Mier of Sun Valley: How to Date and Identify Old Family Photographs
Jose Mier of Sun Valley, CA explains how to read the clues in old family photographs, from studio stamps and photo formats to clothing and backgrounds, and how to put names to faces.
Jose Mier of Sun Valley: Tracing Ancestors Through the Great Mexican Migration
Jose Mier of Sun Valley, CA looks at how the early twentieth-century migration from Mexico shaped countless family trees, which records help you follow an ancestor across the border, and how to plan a trip to an ancestral hometown.