diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index 33a4d25c2..9eab81b97 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -831,6 +831,7 @@ search.result.show.proxy = false
 search.result.show.hostbrowser = true
 search.result.show.vocabulary = false
 search.result.show.vocabulary.omit = 
+search.result.show.snapshots = false
 
 
 # search navigators: comma-separated list of default values for search navigation.
diff --git a/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.html b/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.html
index f326f7587..242ebd537 100644
--- a/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.html
+++ b/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.html
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ var solr= $.getJSON("/solr/collection1/select?q=*:*&defType=edismax&start=0&rows
                           <td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="CacheResource_p.html" target="LayouTest">Cache</a></td>
                           <td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="proxy.html" target="LayouTest">Augmented Browsing</a></td>
                           <td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="HostBrowser.html" target="LayouTest"><img src="env/grafics/minitree.png" width="15" height="8" /></a></td>
+                          <td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="yacysearch.html" target="LayouTest">Snapshots</a></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td></td>
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ var solr= $.getJSON("/solr/collection1/select?q=*:*&defType=edismax&start=0&rows
                             </span></span>
                           </td>
                           <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="search.result.show.hostbrowser" value="true" #(search.result.show.hostbrowser)#::checked="checked" #(/search.result.show.hostbrowser)# /></td>
+                          <td align="center"><input type="checkbox" name="search.result.show.snapshots" value="true" #(search.result.show.snapshots)#::checked="checked" #(/search.result.show.snapshots)# /></td>
                         </tr>
                       </table>
                     </p>
diff --git a/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.java b/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.java
index 925764aa4..2fdf1ff1c 100644
--- a/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.java
+++ b/htroot/ConfigSearchPage_p.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
 import net.yacy.data.WorkTables;
-import net.yacy.document.LibraryProvider;
 import net.yacy.search.Switchboard;
 import net.yacy.search.SwitchboardConstants;
 import net.yacy.server.serverObjects;
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ public class ConfigSearchPage_p {
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.cache", post.getBoolean("search.result.show.cache"));
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.proxy", post.getBoolean("search.result.show.proxy"));
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.hostbrowser", post.getBoolean("search.result.show.hostbrowser"));
+                sb.setConfig("search.result.show.snapshots", post.getBoolean("search.result.show.snapshots"));
 
                 // construct navigation String
                 String nav = "";
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class ConfigSearchPage_p {
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.cache", config.getProperty("search.result.show.cache","true"));
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.proxy", config.getProperty("search.result.show.proxy","false"));
                 sb.setConfig("search.result.show.hostbrowser", config.getProperty("search.result.show.hostbrowser","true"));
+                sb.setConfig("search.result.show.snapshots", config.getProperty("search.result.show.snapshots","true"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ public class ConfigSearchPage_p {
         prop.put("search.result.show.cache", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.cache", false) ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("search.result.show.proxy", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.proxy", false) ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("search.result.show.hostbrowser", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.hostbrowser", false) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("search.result.show.snapshots", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.snapshots", false) ? 1 : 0);
 
         prop.put("search.navigation.location", sb.getConfig("search.navigation", "").indexOf("location",0) >= 0 ? 1 : 0);
         prop.put("search.navigation.filetype", sb.getConfig("search.navigation", "").indexOf("filetype",0) >= 0 ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchitem.html b/htroot/yacysearchitem.html
index 2bc81b6fc..afa3f3abf 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchitem.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchitem.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   #(showProxy)#::&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="proxy.html?url=#[link]#" target="_blank">Augmented Browsing</a>#(/showProxy)#
   #(showHostBrowser)#::&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="HostBrowser.html?path=#[link]#"><img src="env/grafics/minitree.png" width="15" height="8"/></a>#(/showHostBrowser)#
   #(showVocabulary)#::<br/>#{vocabulary}##[name]#:#[terms]# #{/vocabulary}##(/showVocabulary)#
+  #(showSnapshots)#::<a href="#[link]#">Snapshots</a>#(/showSnapshots)#
   </p>
   </div>
   ::
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
index 25b6d4780..c8a7521c8 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchitem.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 // along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader.FileType;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.Memory;
 import net.yacy.crawler.data.Cache;
+import net.yacy.crawler.data.Transactions;
+import net.yacy.crawler.data.Transactions.State;
 import net.yacy.crawler.retrieval.Response;
 import net.yacy.data.URLLicense;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.meta.URIMetadataNode;
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
             Date[] events = result.events();
             boolean showEvent = events != null && events.length > 0 && sb.getConfig("search.navigation", "").indexOf("date",0) >= 0;
             prop.put("content_showEvent", showEvent ? 1 : 0);
+            Collection<File> snapshotPaths = sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.snapshots", true) ? Transactions.findPaths(result.url(), null, State.ANY) : null;
             if (fileType == FileType.HTML) { // html template specific settings
                 prop.put("content_showDate", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.date", true) && !showEvent ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("content_showSize", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.size", true) ? 1 : 0);
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
                 prop.put("content_showCache", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.cache", true) && Cache.has(resultURL.hash()) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("content_showProxy", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.proxy", true) && sb.getConfigBool("proxyURL", false) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("content_showHostBrowser", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.hostbrowser", true) ? 1 : 0);
+                prop.put("content_showSnapshots", snapshotPaths != null && snapshotPaths.size() > 0 && sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.snapshots", true) ? 1 : 0);
                 prop.put("content_showVocabulary", sb.getConfigBool("search.result.show.vocabulary", true) ? 1 : 0);
 
                 if (showEvent) prop.put("content_showEvent_date", GenericFormatter.RFC1123_SHORT_FORMATTER.format(events[0]));
@@ -220,7 +225,6 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
                     int c = 0;
                     for (String key: result.getFieldNames()) {
                         if (key.startsWith("vocabulary_") && key.endsWith("_sxt")) {
-                            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                             Collection<Object> terms = result.getFieldValues(key);
                             prop.putHTML("content_showVocabulary_vocabulary_" + c + "_name", key.substring(11, key.length() - 4));
                             prop.putHTML("content_showVocabulary_vocabulary_" + c + "_terms", terms.toString());
@@ -233,6 +237,9 @@ public class yacysearchitem {
                     prop.put("content_showVocabulary_vocabulary", 0);
                     prop.put("content_showVocabulary", 0);
                 }
+                if (snapshotPaths != null && snapshotPaths.size() > 0) {
+                    prop.put("content_showSnapshots_link", snapshotPaths.iterator().next().getAbsolutePath());
+                }
             }
             prop.put("content_urlhexhash", Seed.b64Hash2hexHash(urlhash));
             prop.putHTML("content_urlname", nxTools.shortenURLString(result.urlname(), MAX_URL_LENGTH));
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/Transactions.java b/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/Transactions.java
index 11d4180a7..ed5c29186 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/Transactions.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/crawler/data/Transactions.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class Transactions {
     
     private final static String XML_PREFIX = "<response>\n<!--\n";
     private final static char[] WHITESPACE = new char[132];
-    private final static int WHITESPACE_START = XML_PREFIX.length();
-    private final static int WHITESPACE_LENGTH = WHITESPACE.length;
+    //private final static int WHITESPACE_START = XML_PREFIX.length();
+    //private final static int WHITESPACE_LENGTH = WHITESPACE.length;
     private static File transactionDir = null, inventoryDir = null, archiveDir = null;
     private static Snapshots inventory = null, archive = null;
     private static ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public class Transactions {
      * This method is inefficient because it tests all different depths, it would be better to use
      * findPaths/3 with a given depth.
      * @param url
-     * @param ext
+     * @param ext required extension or null if the extension must not be checked
      * @param state the wanted transaction state, State.INVENTORY, State.ARCHIVE or State.ANY 
      * @return a set of files for snapshots of the url
      */