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Hello, My name is April Welch and I am trying to Locate the Fate of my grandmothers family in Poland during 1939 All we know is that she was 9 years old and came home from school to see her parents had been shot. Father( carl Novak) or Karol Nowak He was a Major in the Polish Army for 17 years -born in Poland Mother (Maria Bakersky Novak) -born France Not sure if they died or was just injured in Warsaw Poland but thats what she remembered Not sure if she had any brothers or sisters, aunts, uncles, ext... My grandmother Sonja Maria Novak or Sonji Marii Nowak (Bakersky) Born 5-4-1928 or 5-4-1930 Warsaw Poland she changed her year of birth when she married a US Soldier in Germany 1946 She said she went to stay somewhere at a Farm doing Forced Labor and had a uncle in France that would send her money in a teddy bear When the war was over she married a us soldier in Nurnberg, Germany April 1946 Had her first child July 10 1946 in Nurnberg, Bavaria In Feb 1947 she left Bremerhaven on a ship to Brooklyn, New York and was issued Visa # A6607398 under the name Sonya M Figorito on 2/24/1947 as N Quota under 271 of the immigration act there in New York she was issued a Social Security card # 129-24-9756 We are desperately seeking information on My Grandmothers Birth, when and where exactly and the Fate of her family if she had any siblings and information on her father in the Polish Army I'm hoping you can Help me and my Family We did the DNA on ancestry and have a few matches from Mazowieckie poland & Gabin, Deutsch wymischle, Gostynin, Gombin Poland but dont know the names of any of my grandma's relatives to know the relation Thank you, April Welch 2605 E Peralta way Fresno, CA 93703 USA (559) 286-2960

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