Bob Lightburn wrote: “I was using ArkivDigital today and I noticed on the V?strum [Kalmar] Congregational Records AIIa:2 (1901-1905) i.3970/p.387 line 6 for Johan Emil Andersson, column 15 (V?rnpligtsf?rh?llanden) there is the notation ?80 115/01.? Can anyone tell me what this means?” I am not sure how much if this is new to you, but: By the early 20th century Sweden had universal military conscription for men (“värnplikt”), and column 15 refers to this: “80 115/01” is Johan Emil´s registration number in the military muster rolls. He needed a release from his military obligations in order to emigrate (I think this came into force around 1884) – which is one reason young men are sometimes missing from Swedish emigration records.. “80” is his personal serial number, “115” refers to the company he was assigned to and “01” is the year he registered (1901). What is strange here is that 115 refers to Gripsholm company, Södermanland regiment, which is not very close to Kalmar. Regiments were normally locally recruited, and Södermanland is the province just south of Stockholm and lake Mälaren. Lennart Elg
Thanks, Lennart. Actually, this is new to me and good information to have. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Lennart Elg Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:40 AM To: sweden@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SWEDEN] Värnpliktsförhållanden Bob Lightburn wrote: “I was using ArkivDigital today and I noticed on the V?strum [Kalmar] Congregational Records AIIa:2 (1901-1905) i.3970/p.387 line 6 for Johan Emil Andersson, column 15 (V?rnpligtsf?rh?llanden) there is the notation ?80 115/01.? Can anyone tell me what this means?” I am not sure how much if this is new to you, but: By the early 20th century Sweden had universal military conscription for men (“värnplikt”), and column 15 refers to this: “80 115/01” is Johan Emil´s registration number in the military muster rolls. He needed a release from his military obligations in order to emigrate (I think this came into force around 1884) – which is one reason young men are sometimes missing from Swedish emigration records.. “80” is his personal serial number, “115” refers to the company he was assigned to and “01” is the year he registered (1901). What is strange here is that 115 refers to Gripsholm company, Södermanland regiment, which is not very close to Kalmar. Regiments were normally locally recruited, and Södermanland is the province just south of Stockholm and lake Mälaren. Lennart Elg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SWEDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message