The Flanders Family: From Europe to America, 2^nd Ed.
 
Authored and Compiled by
 
Edith Flanders Dunbar (decd.) & Dr. Charles M. Flanders

This is an updated and expanded version of the 1935 book written by Edith Flanders Dunbar. It was edited using WordPerfect 6.0 and is split into 4 volumes. Each volume is downloadable as a WinZipped WPD file in native WordPerfect format or as a WinZipped RTF file generated by WordPerfect.

In order to save space, these files do not include photographs, bible records, or any other images. These will be included in the book when it is published.

Downloading The Compressed Files

An unzipping utility is required for unzipping files whose names have a *.zip extension. Windows 95/98 users can use WinZip. If you don't have it, an evaluation copy can be downloaded from the official WinZip website.

In Windows, if you download a *.zip file and it is opened in a file editor such as WordPad or MS Works, then you don't an application associated with the *.zip extension, and you need to install WinZip.

Volume I	Overview of the Flanders origins, Discussion of various legends and stories regarding the Flanders surname, Generations 1 - 5 descended from Steven Flanders up to the early 1800's WinZipped WPD file 30-Nov-2000    626,176 (2,607,109 unzipped) WinZipped RTF file 27-Nov-2000    433,409 (2,371,521 unzipped)
Volume II	Generations 6 - 7 from late 1700's to mid-to-late 1800's WinZipped WPD file 23-Dec-2000  1,237,504 (5,900,196 unzipped) WinZipped RTF file 25-Nov-2000    837,120 (5,256,388 unzipped)
Volume III	Generations 8 - 9 from early 1800's to early 1900's WinZipped WPD file 18-Jan-2001  1,219,072 (6,073,449 unzipped) WinZipped RTF file 05-Jan-2001    779,776 (5,480,570 unzipped)
Volume IV	Generations 10 - 13 from late 1800's to the end of the 1900's WinZipped WPD file 25-Dec-2000    471,508 (2,475,655 unzipped) WinZipped RTF file 23-Nov-2000    324,608 (2,108,912 unzipped)

Problems downloading files? Contact the web site maintainer, John Van Essen.

Viewing the WPD Document Files

To view the WPD files, you will need Word Perfect version 6 or later. WordPerfect is sold by Corel. Unfortunately, Corel does not have a free WordPerfect Viewer that would allow people to view WPD files (without editing them).

Viewing the RTF Document Files

The RTF formatting generated by WordPerfect may not look very good in other word processors (I know Word97 has problems with it - see below).

[ADDED 10-May-2001] However, Microsoft has a freeware program called WordView that can be used to view Word (*.doc) and Rich Text Format (*.rtf) files. This viewer can be used to view the RTF files. I tried "Word Viewer 97-2000 for Windows 95 and Windows NT", and it does a pretty good job of formatting. More info and different versions of WordView for different versions of Windows can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q165/9/08.asp

Microsoft Word97 Notes (it still won't be perfect...)

• Make sure you are in Page Layout mode (selected under View menu).
• Make sure the Gutter is set to 0 (File -> Page Setup -> Margins : set Gutter to 0 and select Whole Document from Apply to pulldown).
• You can find more information on Microsoft's Converting Documents from WordPerfect 6.x page in their Office 97 Resource Kit.

And I can't do anything about the baloney that appears below. It is automatically inserted by the University web server on all pages served under user accounts. My "view and opinion" I wish to express is that the bureaucrats here are a buncha weasels. :)