Family History in Java

The book deals with several generations of the de Groot and van Goens families. The Book starts with the so called founder father of South Africa, Jan van Riebeek. To the delight of the author, one of her husbands relatives was a direct descendent of Jan van Riebeek and so she was able to trace the family back to Jan van Riebeek and Governor General van Goens of Indonesia. The Cape had been founded as a trading station to feed the sailors on route to the spice islands in Indonesia. The Dutch colonized both, but it was Indonesia that provided the wealth. The famous VOC Trading company ruled both colonies and provided for the governors and men who administered the colonies.Van Coevereden de Groot, Adrienne is the author of 'Family History in Java' with ISBN 9781588519047 and ISBN 158851904X.