Astrid’s Substack
Astrid BergI’ll share from my work tracing ancestors across centuries, exploring how their unresolved experiences move through generations, along with reflections on how intuition is shaped by research and how ancestral and collective history becomes narrative.
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Where Two Houses Meet
By the late 1800s, the Dutch colonial government had become firmly established across Java. Since the introduction of the Cultivation System in 1830, the colonial administration had expanded steadily, relying on Dutch officials and Javanese...
Where the House Remembered
Batavia, 1844
Neither her own remedies nor Hendrik’s medicine could heal her. It was brief. There was little time to prepare. Soelimah died at twenty-five, leaving behind Bert, three, and Gerrit, two. Their older half-sister Huibertin...
The Women Without Names
How do you responsibly write history when the archive is silent?
The process of genealogical research is like finding clues to a mystery. Colonial archives were designed to record property, legitimacy, rank, and administration—not necessar...
Where Two Ways Meet, continued
Slendang
Batavia, 1843
Soelimah carries 15-month-old Gerritje in a slendang while three-year-old Ber stands at her feet holding up his arms to be held.
Rina, the baboe, picks up Ber and says, “Le, aja nangis.” (Little one, don’t cry...
Where Two Ways Meet
European soldiers and military medical personnel served throughout Java. Some who made the island their home gradually adopted Malay, Javanese customs, food, dress, and domestic life. These culturally blended households became part of the e...
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