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Titel: SV: Per Persson Stålberg Family from Skog, Hudiksvalls kommun, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Skrivet av: Lars Skillius skrivet 2018-03-06, 09:03
Hello Jordan
I guess Per Persson Stålberg was a soldier during a few years and that the name Stålberg is the soldier name he got when he entered his military unit. This navy sea unit had a rote in Norrbo, Skog parish: Stockholms station: Norrlands 1. båtsmanskompani (X) However I can´t confirm this as I can´t find the General Muster Rolls for this unit and period. Perhaps they are not digitalised yet. Then it may be necessary to ask the the Swedish National Archives: (https://riksarkivet.se/startpage)https://riksarkivet.se/startpage[/url] .[/font]
It is hard or impossible to translate the Swedish military vocabulary as our system then where so unique. But I hope this can explain something:
”Båtsman[font=]"Båtsmän" was the Swedish name of the navy seamen provided by the (http://www.hhogman.se/allotment_system.htm)Allotment System[/url]. The "båtsmän" was provided in the [/font][font=] [/font]same manner as the soldiers in the infantry, that is through the "rote" farmers. The "båtsmän" were deck hands doing all sorts of duties plus manning the guns during battle. Generally you could say that the "båtsmän" were low in rank and duties. It is difficult to find English translation of the title "Båtsman". They were a type of seamen serving aboard the Navy ships as explained above. The extraordinary about the "båtsmän" was the way they were provided - recruited - trained. The title seaman is not incorrect but "seaman" doesn't pin point this special type of seaman the "båtsmän" were. A literal translation would be “boatsman”, however there is no such seaman title in the English language. It is "båtsman" in singular and "båtsmän" in plural.
Båtsmanshåll[font=] A term used for the Navy Allotment System, a system of keeping sailors for the Navy.[/font] This was the system of recruiting and maintaining the båtsmän (sailors) by "rote" farmers.
Båtsmanstorp[font=] Båtsman's croft (cottage), provided for the Navy seamen of the allotted Navy companies.[/font]”
It wasn´t difficult to find your ancestors in the Church Books of Skog’s parish. But I suggest you to start your genealogical research yourself from digitalised original Church Books and Military rolls, thus eliminating the risk of copying others mistakes. For those whom it concerns it is very thrilling (but time consuming). I recommend you to start here: https://www.arkivdigital.net/ (https://www.arkivdigital.net/) And here you can find some interesting tutorials: https://www.arkivdigital.net/swedish-genealogy (https://www.arkivdigital.net/swedish-genealogy) Good luck! Lars Skillius