http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/ An overly eclectic, likely inconsequent[ial], and blatantly fo[w]l blog on life, family, literature, law, and religion. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1364 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:09:23 +0000 http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1364 You also have to remember that many Scandinavians came for the opportunities offered. Under the alodial system that was in place throughout Scandinavia, most were reduced to tenant farming and/or sailing as land was allotted by order of birth and was constantly being conglomerated through marriage and inheritance law provisions. Scandinavian countries lost masses of people as emigrants to other countries due to its land laws, that were not substantially changed until the past century.

]]> http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1363 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:13:29 +0000 http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1363 Our dad is from Sanpete- that is where the scandinavian part of our heritage is from.

]]> http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1362 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:07:58 +0000 http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1362 …also, if anyone is at a University and has access, I would be very interested in, Odd S. Lovoll’s review of it in Scandinavian Studies (2000) vol. 72, no. 4, pg. 485.

]]> http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1361 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:03:57 +0000 http://abev.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/bloods-latitudes-for-the-24th-of-july/#comment-1361 Thanks for this John. I will be buying this right away. My mom is from Sanpete.

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