I don't mean to be obstuse - but is there a reason not to use the wonderful images on the Howard Co. site? Esp. if you have the page number, you can just look at the image you need. (They are a little big to skim on a slow connection.) http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howard/census/1880/ I have a fast connection at work and I have used these alot. The actual images of 1830 to 1920 are available. Rowan