Westra findings on trip to Indonesia April 2011

My grandfather August Herlof Westra was born in Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies (now the area of Kota in the city of Jakarta). He was send back to holland when he was 4 years old to be raised by his aunt. Unlike his father and grandfather August Herlof...

Another day at the job at Macamalo

Wikke is nearly done with translating the new updated  family tree (made by Kees) to a website menu. We designed the website so each Westra generation has its own main menu button. Under these main buttons you will find personal pages for individuals within these...

Happy new year!

We now have a picture of huize Boschlust (thanks to kees) It was owned by Harmen (16-oct-1801), Augustus Hermanus and Coert where born there. We also found huize Boschlust on the internet nowadays. But its rebuild. There is also a postal card of huize boschlust, it...

Update 11 dec 2010

Vandaag zijn Sil en ik bezig geweest met foto’s en het proberen te lezen en ontcijferen van de stamboom. Sil is erg druk geweest met inscannen en digitaliseren van foto’s.Ik heb de eerste links, eerste jaartallen (1700-1760) ingevuld op de site...

First newsitem on Westra website!

Work on the new Westra website started in September 2010. The site runs on an open source Content Management System called Drupal. This allows us to manage the site with ease.   The aim of the site is mainly to be informative. Our family has a rich history that...