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Betty, You've probably seen some of this but I thought I'd give it a shot. I tried the UK Google search for your Breburda name. There are quite a few entries but nothing about genealogy. Make sure you click the button for just the UK.
http://www.google.co.uk/
There are nine entries for Breburda on Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org
Perhaps your Breburda family was from a mountain range overlooking the Burda River in Romania?
Burda River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Burda River is a tributary of the Sulţa River in Romania. The confluence with the Burda River defines the upper limit of the reach on which fishing is ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burda_River - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
brâu de munţi (mountain range in Romanian)
I found a map in Spain for Brea de Aragón
Perhaps your Breburdas were formerly Brea de Burdas?
Keep looking Betty and remember, don't just stick to the way it's written but also the way it sounds. When you finally find that connection it may be spelled quite differently.
Here's something from sephardim.com. I found that website through this message board and I love that list. I think it was Bob Hall that mentioned it, thanks Bob!
Brea(*)(29)
(*) Name for which a coat of arms, crest.or history has been found and will be published in SECTION V, Heraldry.
(29) "Sangre Judia" ("Jewish Blood") by Pere Bonnin. A list of 3,500 names used by Jews, or assigned to Jews by the Holy Office (la Santo Oficio) of Spain. The list is a result of a census of Jewish communities of Spain by the Catholic Church and as found in inquisition records.
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