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Following several requests to not hide myself, here is a little about me.
My name is Jan Dam Julius Backer Dirks, Jules for short. I was born in 1957 in Boksburg, South Africa, as a small gold nugget over the deepest gold mine in the World (or so I was always told as a child).
We moved to Paris, France, when I was about three and I spent most of my happy childhood running about there. Aged 9 we moved to Hamburg, Germany, where I spent my teenage years until I went to London, England, for University.
I have lived in England ever since. I live in Lymington, Hampshire, with my lovely wife Mel and my son Michael, born 2003 (Michael is the youngest Backer Dirks in the World, and probably the most important one too).
Practically all the details on this web site were researched by my father, Rudolf Backer Dirks, and handed to me in the form of paper documents. I know very little about their source and of the existence of additional details. However, don't let this deter you from asking questions. I am more than happy to ask my father if there is anything I cannot answer and he is always pleased to hear that someone is showing an interest in what he has collected over so many years. By the way, there is a nice story about how his interest in family history was kindled, if you would like to know...
N.B. If your you cannot click on the above link to e-mail me then this is because your computer is blocking the link. You can either tell your computer to "allow blocked content" on this page or you can get my e-mail address from the line below by replacing the two '1's with 'i's. :-
jbackerd1rks@lym1ngtonuk.freeserve.co.uk
Sorry about this palaver, but this is to protect me from receiving hundreds of unwanted spam e-mails.