Annette Bowen skrev 2012-12- fredag 22:20: > When children were orphaned, did the church find homes for them or did > other relatives take them in? In this case John and his youngest > brother Olof were both living on Gryttved, but they were listed on > different pages of the HFL. Would that seem to indicate that they > were living with different families? Jon was old enough to work on > the farm (12 or 13), but his brother was only 4 or 5. Siblings were often split up between different families. It would probably be too much for another family to take in several siblings. I think they tried relatives first, but the children could also be auctioned to the lowest bidder. Martin