Eva Holmes, CG®, AG®, MBA, PMP
ProGen Member Overview
Eva Holmes, CG®, AG®, is a life-long resident of Portland, Maine with New England roots going back 12+ generations. She combines a background in information technology and project management with genealogy skills to help people locate and share information about their ancestors.
Eva has been published in several periodicals, including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Crossroads, and the Minnesota Genealogist. Eva is also the author of the Research in the States Guide to Maine published by the National Genealogical Society in 2024, the first published guide to researching Maine genealogy. She is the editor of the Utah Genealogical Association’s quarterly, Crossroads.
Eva supports genealogical education as a volunteer mentor for programs such as ProGen and as a trustee of the BCG Education Fund. Her research interests include New England, Atlantic Canadian, and Italian American families.
Education
B. A., Classics, University of Southern Maine
MBA, University of Southern Maine
Boston University Professional Genealogy Certificate, 2020
GenProof 63 (Spring 2021)
Certification Discussion Group (Fall 2020)
BCG Putting Skills to Work Spring 2021
DNA Dreamers in Action: Writing Proof Arguments, SLIG 2022
Writing and Documenting for Peer Review, SLIG Academy 2022
Teaching Genealogy Classes in Your Community, SLIG Academy 2022
Lost in the Ledgers, AppGen Spring 2022
Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing, 2022
Fundamentals of Forensic Genealogy, GRIP 2022
GenFed, August 2022
Experience
AncestryProGenealogists Scholarship Awardee, 2022
Publications & BLOGs
"Stanislao Cesta and Fortunato Cesta: Merging Identities," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 111:3 (September 2023).
"The Life and Research of Charles Nelson Sinnett of Maine and the Midwest," Minnesota Genealogist, 54:3, (Autumn 2023).
"Pursuing a Genealogy Credential," Crossroads (Summer 2023).