A thousand pardons . . . I see the link to the Bureau of the census files doesn't work OR is difficult to make work (it's an FTP link). I dutifully pasted in the link that shows when I'm looking at the map with MY browser but to get to the map directly is, apparently, a little more difficult that that. First see if this link works; http://ftp2.census.gov/plmap/pl_trt/st29_Missouri/c29123_Madison/ If not, follow the more indirect route below to get to the file. If you had trouble accessing the BOC directory and the large assortment of various types of maps, try first opening the http://ftp2.census.gov home page This should bring up a directory index with several file folders. Open next the folder labeled plmap. Then the pl_trt/ folder. Choose from the list of states and territories, st29_Missouri/ That should bring up the list of counties. Choose c29123_Madison which will bring up the file entitled CT29123_001.pdf This is the Acrobat file you need . . . of course, it will require you're having Acrobat reader on your computer to do so. I have downloaded the file so I can send it to anyone who has a problem in accessing it. However, if TOO many folks hit a snag I may have to back down on my offer due to time considerations. Should that happen, I'll probably post the file elsewhere. Similarly, if you had trouble getting to the "map products" on the main index page for the BOC, open the main index page; http://www.census.gov/ and select Maps under the Geography heading. Then click on "map products". From the map products page select "Census Tract Outline Maps. From there the trail is the same as above; select st29_Missouri/ and proceed as above. Hope all that instruction helps more than it discourages and you find the current township map (and the other maps that are available in this general index) useful. You will probably need to look at the way counties and township names have changed throughout the years to make the information useful in the 1800's and etc. I see the post by Dr. Gerald Johnson contained some helpful suggestions to that end. Ken Hinkle.