An act of rare generosity has occurred: Ed Mackley, after a year's preparation has provided online images of the 1840 census for all Missouri counties, and 1830 as well for those counties then in existence! The 1840 Benton images can be reached at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mackley/1840MoCoImageLinksPages/Bento n40ImagesPage.htm (And if you have interests in other counties, they can be reached from there) A link has also been added on the Misc Benton County Records page of Benton GenWeb site. Homer Ficken, Benton GenWeb