Where is Lafsjon?

[Sam Anderson]

Hi!
 
I have ancestors from the village of Lafsjon, as I understand is in north Sweden. If anyone would help me locating it, I'd be grateful.
 
Sam Anderson

[ingrid]

Hi Sam,
 
Lafsjon is now spelling Lavsjön and is in
parish of Dorotea, county Västerbotten.  
Landscape is Lappland.
Ingrid

[Sam Anderson]

Hi!
 
Thank you Ingrid for the information. Can you help me locating another place in Sweden? It's called Overgard (did I make the spelling correct?). There might be a swedish o with two dots and an a with a ring instead of o and a.
 
Sam

[ingrid]

Hi Sam,
 
There is four places in Sweden with that name.
1. Övergård near the city of Sollefteå, landscape Ångermanland.
2. Övergård place lokated in parish of Torp, landscape Medelpad.
3. Övergård in Rappestad parish in landscape Östergötland.
4. Övergård in parish of Rönö in landscape Östergötland.
 
Ingrid

[Karl Göran Eriksson]

Lavsjön and Övergård(en) can also bee found in the parish of Rödön, Jämtland.

[Jonas Jonsson]

There is also a lake Lövsjön in the parish of Föllinge, Jämtland. It is quite possible that the spelling has been transformed from ö to a. Lövsjön is also the name of a village situated close to that lake

[Jonas Jonsson]

Note that the old spelling was Löfsjön

[Mats Johansson]

Hi Sam!
 
There is also a lake Lafsjön in Ramsele parish, Västernorrland county.
 
Mats