Records of Pat Holmes on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Pat Holmes in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Holmes ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Pat Holmes and the Holmes Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Holmes Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Holmes family tree.

Study Parish Records for Pat Holmes at Find My Past.

Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Pat Holmes using the FreeBMD database.

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Study the LDS Database for records about Pat Holmes.

Research the Holmes surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Holmes Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 48582 people with the Holmes surname in the UK? Holmes is now ranked number 84 for popularity in the UK.

Holmes Genealogy Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Pat Holmes.

Study MyTrees for information on the Holmes family and people looking to contact living Holmes relations.

Check out One Great Family for Holmes records submitted by people who are already researching the Holmes Family Tree.

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Holmes Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

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ukDid you know that there are currently 197486 people with the Holmes surname in the USA? Holmes is ranked number 92 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Holmes Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Pat Holmes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Pat Holmes

Pat Holmes

James Patrick Holmes (born August 3, 1940 in Durant, Oklahoma) is a former gridiron football defensive lineman who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL), the American Football League (AFL), and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University).

Although selected by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1962 NFL Draft, Holmes began his professional career in CFL. He played for the Calgary Stampeders from 1962–1965. He was a CFL All-Star in 1965.

Holmes then played for the Houston Oilers in the AFL from 1966–1969. He was an AFL All-Star in 1967 and 1968. After the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, Holmes remained with the Oilers until 1972. Holmes played his last season with the 1973 Kansas City Chiefs.

Source: Pat Holmes, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Holmes

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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