Here are some screen shots from the Census Records section of Archives.com which just announced the availability of US Federal Census population schedules as part of a partnership with FamilySearch. Click each image to embiggen.

SEARCH TAB

User enters search criteria.

SEARCH RESULTS

Archives.com brings back the most relevant search results, along with actual thumbnail images.

HISTORICAL RECORD

Here we display all of the indexed fields from the census record. User can click thumbnail image to view actual scan of the census page.

ORIGINAL IMAGE (NEW IMAGE VIEWER)

User can zoom, increase/decrease brightness and contrast. Allows user to scroll through census pages (next/previous), print, download, and save to tree (or into “My Records” queue).

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