The little village of Weesen is squeezed between the vertical stretch of the Swiss Alps on one side and the other side meets the shoreline of the Walensee, one of Switzerland’s largest lakes. It is now a popular tourist attraction with boating, trendy shops and restaurants, and breathtaking mountain scenery. But until the early 1800’s,

What Kind of Job is a “Loader”?Often I have the occasion to visit with my friend, Scott Fisher, on his nationally syndicated radio show, ExtremeGenes (podcasts available at www.extremegenes.com/?s=Lindaas). The latest of these visits was a discussion about the varied occupations which are noted in the historic documents of our ancestors. Many of these jobs