Nancy, I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following on GRACIA: I hope this helps with your research. Eugenia
Grácia - Feminine name. Grácia - This is a name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Given name. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 24. Gracia - Anglicized (English). Garcia - Portuguese family name. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
