Brega Surname Project- Background

Background

For a number of years in the U.S., members of the Brega family have searched historical records, visited gravesites and put in countless hours of research to determine the Brega genealogical record. 

We can trace our lineage back to one Solomon (Bala) Brega, editor and publisher born around 1790 in Baltimore, MD, and flourished in the 1840s and 1850s in Hamilton, Peel County, Ontario.  In 1813, a Solomon B. Brega of Charlestown, Mass. printed "The Freeman's Guide", a collection of state constitutions then existing, plus the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Due to recent finds by Brega genealogists, we have reason to believe the surname Balabrega may show yDNA matches to our group, as well as the surname Davis.

As members of the Brega surname project provide additional information, we hope to fit more pieces into the puzzle, as is stated in our "Goals" page.

We invite persons of Brega, Balabrega or Davis surname to become members of this project. Please contact one of the administrators listed above, and we'll be glad to help you thru the process.