[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Braga found in Estrela (for John Roias and others)

2017-08-09 Thread IslandRoutes
JR, I kind of suspected as much. I know that my line descends from Damiao de Braga (as well you know). But, working in Maia I have come across a line known as Braga Serra. I've yet to see any connection between them and my own de Braga in Maia. I've been moving around records filling in

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Braga found in Estrela (for John Roias and others)

2017-08-09 Thread JR
Many thanks for the information. In case you don't know, most, if not all of the Braga's of Ribeira Grande are *not* related to the Braga's of Achada or Maia, or Faial da Terra, or Povoacao or Ponta Garca. They are independent branch(es) that link to the earliest nobles of Ribeira Grande. The