I have been able to trace the Kazilar name back to c.1490 from what is now Croatia (Cavtat).Several references to ancestors who traveled to America in the 18th,19th, centuries.Many were captains,navigators,seamen,etc.and found several refs. to New Orleans.Pierre Cazelar fought in the War of 1812(could have been Petar back home)I suspect a link.Family is ref. to in Algiers,Right Bank,also Cazelar House and Cazelar Plantation,mentioned in a recent zoning hearing.Can anyone supply info?