marion kanawha 3 | 107
30 Oct 2022 #1
This is the name of a place I'm trying to find. I was going to post it under genealogy but it seems to be more of a pronunciation problem. Let me explain.
Somebody, some clerk, wrote information down when my people came to the USA. About 110 years ago. My folks were literate but it was a clerk who was filling out the cards. A birthplace in 1885 is listed as "Lazon, Russian Poland". I have tried many iterations of the name "lazon" but to no avail. The same place appears on a number of legal documents, e.g. citizenship papers.
I'm thinking this could be an anglicized phonetic writing of a place that sounds like "lazan" but is not spelled like that.
Any hints? Any suggestions?
Somebody, some clerk, wrote information down when my people came to the USA. About 110 years ago. My folks were literate but it was a clerk who was filling out the cards. A birthplace in 1885 is listed as "Lazon, Russian Poland". I have tried many iterations of the name "lazon" but to no avail. The same place appears on a number of legal documents, e.g. citizenship papers.
I'm thinking this could be an anglicized phonetic writing of a place that sounds like "lazan" but is not spelled like that.
Any hints? Any suggestions?