The Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910 and Massachusetts/Maine Direct Tax of 1798 have been upgraded to use the new ExpressView browser plug-in by LizardTech. This free viewer software allows you to view, manipulate, save, and print images from original records from the comfort of your own home. We are moving forward to employ this advanced technology in future databases that are generated from the original records in our collections.
The ExpressView Browser Plug-in (formerly MrSID Browser Plug-in) software that will allow you to view, zoom, and otherwise manipulate the images, save them to your computer as JPEG, BMP, or .SID formats, and easily print them out. ExpressView makes it possible for NewEnglandAncestors.org to compress large image files of original documents to a manageable size. This allows for minimal download time and saves valuable disk space on your computer.
Download the MrSID plug-in* and take full advantage of its image viewing features:
INSTALL NOTES: Make sure you download the new plug-in to your desktop and run the application. You can find the new plug-in at the LizardTech website if you are not prompted to install it from our web site.
Please note that you will have to run the program you downloaded two times (once to un-install the old MrSID viewer, the 2nd time to install the new MrSID viewer) remember to restart your PC.
System requirements for Apple computers:
System requirements for Microsoft Windows computers:
Windows® NT, 2000 and XP operating systems, minimum of 128 MB RAM and Netscape 7.x and greater or Internet Explorer 5.5 and greater.
IMPORTANT: Some MacIntosh® users and older versions of the Microsoft OS will be unable to use the MrSID plug-in with the database at this time. However, these users may still view and manipulate images from the database without the plug-in.
ExpressView (formerly MrSID Browser Plug-in) is not compatible with some Netscape, AOL, CompuServe, and Mozilla Firefox browsers. At this time AOL and CompuServe users will need to use MrSID on the current version of Internet Explorer, while using AOL / Compuserve as your Internet service provider.
*What is a plug-in? A browser plug-in is a small piece of software that runs in cooperation with your Internet browser to give it additional functionality. Because of the special features that the plug-in option enables (including certain save and print options), we recommend that you use the plug-in we provide to view the images.