> FamilySearchLabs has now gone live with the 1870 Federal Census. > I wrote about it at: > http://blog.genealogybank.com/2008/07/1870-census-now-online.html > > That site now has the 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880 and 1900 census indexed > and available online. These indexes are free. > > These are All New Indexes and Images. > I was using the various online census indexes to search for some of my > relatives. There was a dark blotch on the page and it was difficult to > make out the name. So, I went to the 1900 Census Index at > FamilySerachLabs and was very surprised to see that the same image on > this page was crystal clear - no blotch. Why - I asked? Answer - > FamilySerachLabs made the extra effort to create all new digital > images of the census pages. > > The 1870 census is available in two formats: > Indexed and Searchable - search every name in the census for these States: > > Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Dakota Territory, Delaware, > District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New > Mexico, Oregon and Utah. > > Browsable - lets you look at the digital images of each page in the > census for All States except Kentucky, Vermont and Virginia. > > FamilySearchLabs will be putting the rest of these census images & > indexes online shortly. Tom Kemp