Ancestral Quest Program Overview
Introductory Video for Ancestral Quest, family tree software/genealogy software for Windows and for Mac.
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Ancestral Quest is an easy-to-use, full-featured family tree program both for Windows and for Mac, which has been the choice of beginners and seasoned genealogists alike for over 25 years.
Ancestral Quest is a FamilySearch Compatible Solution, which includes TreeTips™ technology. TreeTips will do a lot of your research for you, as you explore your family heritage, utilizing hints from FamilySearch and Findmypast, along with built-in hint-quality advanced searches of Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.
You will be able to:
Ancestral Quest has been licensed to other companies and made available under different names, including "Personal Ancestral File" (PAF), published by FamilySearch, which means that users of PAF will feel very much at home when using AQ.
Ancestral Quest is available in several languages in addition to English:
You can visit our full website for even more details about Ancestral Quest.
Here are some videos for you to explore.
Introductory Video for Ancestral Quest, family tree software/genealogy software for Windows and for Mac.
Learn how valuable it is to have your own personal family database.
Watch a Case Study of the value of your own personal family database.
Timelines help to put an ancestor's life into the perspective of the time and pertinent events surrounding them, with suggestions on some resources to research.
Ancestral Quest can help you print fan charts of your ancestry, including large charts up to 13 generations. Charts can be enhanced by background images of family or other important memories.
Have you ever wished your desktop family tree program could just do your genealogy for you? TreeTips won't do it all for you but will get you well along your way.
This case study is a companion video to the TreeTips Complete Guide. It will demonstrate how to extend your family lines as you rely on the wealth of data available on a variety of Internet-based data sites.
The Freeform Source option makes it easier to copy and paste source citation information from online genealogy sites. Ancestral Quest provides a method for condensing some of the duplications that are common in these online citations.
Speed up the entry of data from original sources by entering the details once, then sharing those details with other family records without duplicating in Ancestral Quest.
Learn how to easily place any background image behind your fan charts, ancestry charts, descendant charts, birthday calendars, etc., using Ancestral Quest.
Sources are handled in FamilySearch Family Tree differently than in traditional Family Tree databases . This video will explain the traditional method, and best practices for downloading sources.
Learn to exchange memories, photos, and stories between FamilySearch Memories and the scrapbook in your Ancestral Quest or Personal Ancestral File database.
Ancestral Quest helps you color code ancestral lines using the standard 4-color method and allows you to make other color coding schemes. Learn how to utilize this to your best advantage.
Learn to keep the place names in your records consistent as you exchange data with other systems, like FamilySearch, by adding or removing country names using Ancestral Quest.
Ancestral Quest is currently available in 16 languages*. See how easy it is to select these languages and how to translate it into any other language.
Learn how to quickly see any place for any ancestor on an Internet mapping service of your choice while working with your family tree in Ancestral Quest.
This is a recording of a class taught at RootsTech 2014, covering the basics of matching (linking) and exchanging data (syncing) between your personal family tree and FamilySearch Family Tree.
This is a recording of a class taught at RootsTech 2014, covering more advanced topics of matching (linking) and exchanging data (syncing) between your personal family tree and FamilySearch Family Tree.
As you sync data with FamilySearch, have you ever needed to be able to send the date without the place, or the place without the date? Learn about AQ's method of sharing data while easily taking these issues into account.
This video will explain the capability to translate the various screens and reports within Ancestral Quest to any language.
* Many language modules are complete translations, while some modules are partial translations (which typically have translated the most often used screens and reports, but not all). See the product description in the Ancestral Quest booth for more details.
Use promo code “RT10” until 3 March 2024 to receive US$10 off the regular price for the full version of Ancestral Quest.
Ancestral Quest Basics is a free family tree program for Windows and for Mac.
Purchase genealogy-related or Ancestral Quest-branded apparel, accessories, drinkware, and other gear in our Ancestral Quest Merchandise Store.
Download our informational flyer about Ancestral Quest.
Download our flyer that explains how Ancestral Quest is the natural upgrade for current users of PAF.
There is so much to learn about Ancestral Quest, you can click on the various Discover Even More tiles, below, to access additional content.
A list of major features in Ancestral Quest.
Additional recorded classes and topics about Ancestral Quest.
Ancestral Quest can act as a PAF add-in, to provide more capabilities.
Learn more about Ancestral Quest and how it can help you record your family history.
Follow our official Blog for tips and tricks on using Ancestral Quest.
Take a look at how the features compare between the free Ancestral Quest Basics and the full Ancestral Quest program.