Records of Sean Holmes on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sean Holmes in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. 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 Sean 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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.

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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.

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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.

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Some Famous People called Sean Holmes

Sean Holmes (surfer)

Sean Holmes (born 30 July 1977) was a professional surfer from South Africa, competing in the World Surf League (WSL). In 2000 Holmes won Red Bull's Big Wave Africa,. He won the event for a massive wave caught in the dying seconds of the final that he rode through to the channel and got tubed on.

Holmes grew up in Wilderness and started surfing at age 10. He spent 3 years on the WQS and achieved a highest WQS / WCT world tour rating of 32nd.

Holmes is known for his Barrel Riding and Clean Carving manoeuvres and he has been sponsored by Billabong and Redbull for most of his professional career.

Outside surf, Holmes gained a Bachelor of Business Science Degree majoring in Marketing from the University of Cape Town (UCT). For the past 17 years has endorsed and promoted several brands and worked for 3 years as marketing manager for Billabong SA, directly after which he joined Primi World as marketing manager in August 2007. Sean is responsible for planning, development and implementation of Primi World’s marketing strategies, marketing communications and public relations activities.

Holmes is the nephew of Paralympian Richard Holmes.

{| class="wikitable"|- bgcolor=skyblue| colspan=4; style="background: blue; color: white" align="center" | Competition Wins|- bgcolor=#bdb76b! Year!!Event!!Venue!!Country|-|2000 || Red Bull Big Wave Africa || Dungeons || South Africa|-|2000 || SA Champs || Jeffreys Bay || South Africa|-|1998 || SA Champs || Jeffreys Bay || South Africa|}

Source: Sean Holmes (surfer), 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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