At the risk of sounding silly may I run this one by you. A friend/distant family remembers the name of his mother's shtetl/town as "sounds like a lot of sneezes" .... seriously. It could be anything but as it may help me find my own family I am curious to have your suggestions. I presume in Poland or more likely Lithuania but I am not sure.>>
I'm surprised no-one suggested Szczecin or Szczucin or Szczuczyn, Poland. This last town is in the Bialystok region which is just south of Lithuania.