There is a family named PAVLIC presently residing at Ceplje 13 and 13A.

The surnames SCHMALZ and SMALZ are not found in Slovenia. The surname SMALC is pronounced like SCHMALZ and this name is found in the general area northwest of Ceplje as well as many other places throughout Slovenia.

For Michael SCHMALZ on Ellis Island look up name indexed as Mihael SMALE. The manifest shows the actual surname as SMALC. All other facts fit your Michael SCHMALZ.

Riez is Recica ob Savinja which is a long way from Lazi. Lazi is not very close to Ceplje although Laze pri Predgradu is 3 miles south of Ceplje. The manifest for Peter clearly shows a wife at Laze 11 not Lazi 11. There are 21 places named Laze or with Laze as part of their name. There are two places with Lazi as all or part of their name. All of these places are different. There are 6 persons named SMALC listed in Dolenji Lazi 20 miles northwest of Ceplje.

Unterlock may be the village of Unterlag (pronounced Unterlaak) just southwest of Ceplje. It is present day Spodnji log.