Eliseu, I have check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following for the names: FREGUESIA and JANEIRO. I hope this help you in your research.
Eugenia ============ Freguesia - Feminine name Portuguese Name's abbreviation of Freguesia, is Freg(a). (o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents (same as the "o" in the degree Celsius). Information is from: The internet, Title: <center><em>Portuguese Genealogy abbreviations Helper.</head> Web page: http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html, date printed: 11/29/97, page 1 of 3. Janeiro - Masculine name Portuguese Name's abbreviation of Janeiro, is Jan(o) and/or Jan(ro). (o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents (same as the "o" in the degree Celsius). Information is from: The internet, Title: <center><em>Portuguese Genealogy abbreviations Helper.</head> Web page: http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html, date printed: 11/29/97, page 2 of 3. Janeiro - Family name. Origin: Azores. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 209. Janeiro - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
