A loteling was a conscripted soldier, whose number came up. This 19th century term literally means “lottery person,” which refers to the lot numbers that were assigned to all eligible young men. The ones with the lowers numbers had to serve.
Until 1896, you were allowed to switch numbers, and the person who had to serve in another’s place would be called a nummerwisselaar.
Conscripted men having some fun, 1934. Credits: Photo in the private collection of the author.
About Yvette HoitinkYvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.
Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands who helps people find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certified Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials.
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I would be interested to see if your work has covered also Belgium (particularly Flemish-speaking), since until 1830, a large part of Belgium was part of the Greater Netherlands, Particularly in the (now) frontier regions, a lot of family histories have continued hopping back and forwards over the frontiers, with some “uitschieters” to other parts of the Netherlands or Belgium. With one or two exceptions that follow the same genealogical roots/names as myself (Talboom), I have found many Netherlands genalogical sites/references to be very parochial as if neighbouring towns or countries did not exist.
I find very few Flemish extensions of names of Dutch (i.e. Nderlands/Vlaams) origin on Netherlands sites,
Any reply can be in Nedeerlands or English.
Genalogical greeetings,
Tony Talboom