Personal Page: Denise Kawecki
| Contact | Denise Kawecki |
|---|---|
| All surnames | Karnicki, Kawecki, Alak |
| All places | Hniecki, Nowogrodek Belarus, Stargard Polska, Drawsko Pomorskie |
| Research notes |
My mother was Janina Karnicki born 1924 died 2007. I have limited information about her family who lived Hniecki, District Iwieniec? Nowagrodek Polska not far from Minsk and now Belarus. Her father was Anton Karnicki her mother Maria Wierzbika (Wierzbicka). No information on where they married and in what year. He was a soldier in Polish army but died around 1925/26. She had a younger brother called Jan Karnicki who sent photos to her in 1948/49. In 1942 Janina was on the street going to work and with a number of people was rounded up by the German soldiers and put on a train. The journey was very bad, but she ended up in Germany where she worked in a factory till the end of the war. She met Waclaw Ala (Alak) and they married in 1946. I was born in Greven Germany in 1947, my brother Richard was born in 1949 and in 1950 we began the long journey to Australia. I live in Queensland, Australia. She was able to communicate with her family up to 1949, and the news was that they were to be resettled to Poland near Szczecin. But once in Australia and moving about she lost touch with her family. I am Danuta Alak (now Denise Alak married name Kawecki) eldest child of Janina and Waclaw and have been searching for information on Jan Karnicki from Belarus through MyHeritage, but no matches. About 4 years ago i started a family tree on MyHeritage and now (2023) have a very large number of people connected by marriages in my tree. I like to join families, that way I can trace my family roots, I have Lots and Lots of cousin connections but only a small amount of direct family who live in Łeczyca Łodz voidship Polska. This is where my father was born and I have visited a few times over the years. Now the situation has changed again due the war between Urkrain and Russia with Belarus also involved. Happy to talk with people who are also in MyHeritage but this forum is difficult. I am in Facebook and Messenger and can speak Polish. |