BRAKE Family History
The purpose of this web site is to encourage research and exchange of genealogical information on -as well as preserve - the family history of the Virginia/West Virginia BRAKE families descending from
Johan Jacob (d. bef 1760) and Mary Margaret BRAKE of Germany.
Latest on Children of Johann Jakob Brechtel (Brake) -- Buzz Brake commissioned Ancestry Seekers of Salt Lake City to do the research.
Buzz Brake's
"The Brake Line" Web Site
Marriage record for Abram Reger (1795 - 1883) and Leah Ann Brake (1795 - 1835)
Images of Estate documents of John
Regar (near bottom)
Brake Family Cemetery, Hacker
Valley, Webster Co., WV
Retraction Letter by David
Edwards
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Brake Falls on Dumpling Run that powered Brake's Mill,
Brake, Hardy County,
WVA (about 15 miles south of Moorefield)
Picture taken by Larry Brake of Canton, OH
Description of Brake Falls from Linnie Louisa Brake Cunningham's manuscript The Brake Family In West Virginia, published in 1946.
Genealogy of Johan Jacob (d. bef 1760) and Mary
Margaret BRAKE of Germany
Brake Births |
Brake Marriages |
Wills and Deed |
Cemeteries |
Obituaries |
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Images of Brakes |
Books and Articles |
Loose Limbs |
Census |
Brakes in Military |
"Loose Limbs" - Unplaced Brake Families - Where Do They
Belong??
Getting Started in Genealogy - for
the Novice.
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