Just a short note to let all the listmembers know that after a lot of hours of squinting, Karen and I have finished the first 2 townships of Newton county, specifically Benton and Buffalo. They have been posted to MOGenWeb and will be soon be available at Rootsweb.com. In the meantime, here is a direct link to our work. ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mo/newton/1900/ The Dayton township is about half finished. We will resume work after the holidays and it should also be available soon after the first of the year. The other townships will be available as soon as time allows. I also finished the 1840 Census of Newton county. It is available at ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/mo/newton/1840/ I hope this helps someone find their missing ancestor! Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and KIRKENDOLL http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/