Thursday, December 10, 2015

Welcome FTM Users!

Welcome FTM Users! 

With the announcement from Ancestry.com regarding the end of their Family Tree Maker Software Package, users need to consider other options.

Dear Family Tree Maker™ community,

Ancestry is proud to have made a significant investment this year to bring valuable new content and records to the Ancestry site. In 2015, we’ve made 220 million searchable historical records from Mexico available, more than 170 million pages from the largest collection of U.S. will and probate records, among others. We’ve also introduced new features such as Ancestry Academy, and major advancements for AncestryDNA.

As we strive to provide our customers with the best experience possible, we are constantly evaluating our services and product offerings. True to this focus, we’ve taken a hard look at the declining desktop software market and the impact this has on being able to continue to provide new content, product enhancements and support that our users need. With that, we’ve made the tough decision to stop selling Family Tree Maker as of December 31, 2015.

We will continue to support existing Family Tree Maker owners at least through January 1, 2017. During this time, all features of the software, including TreeSync™ will continue to work. Our Member Services team will also remain available to assist with questions or issues you may have.

These changes are never easy. But by focusing our efforts, we can concentrate on continuing to build great products for our loyal Ancestry community


There is a blog as a follow-up to their announcement: 

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/

For FTM users, Ancestral Quest wants you to know that you have a home here with AQ and we will take good care of you in respect to importing your files and providing great customer service. 

AQ has received high ranking awards from GenSoftReviews and its users. AQ is available for both PCs and Macs. 

We have a special page set up to welcome FTM users here and are offering a special discount of $10 for a limited time to those who wish to move from FTM to AQ with a special discount code.

We are here to help you with the transition. 


Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!





Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/

(c) 1994-2015 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com




Monday, December 7, 2015

AQ Addon Products: Heritage Collector Suite


Ancestral Quest works well with the Heritage Collector Suite as it allows you to organize, find, share and preserve all your family history photos, files and documents and create multiple items to share with family.

According to their website, it is a complete photo mangement system that allows you to create the following:

Family Calendars
Make Storybooks
Family Videos
Label Scanned Photos
Organize Photos into collections
Family Newsletters
Create Slideshows
Create Interactive Stories

You are also able to run Heritage Collector on an Eternal Hard drive. This becomes handy when taking family trips or visiting family and friends. 

A Digital Manual comes with this program and designed for Normal People. The guide has:

Step-by-Step instructions
Screen captures to make it simple to follow
No computer language
Full color 
Downloadable PDF version

Drag and Drop photos to and from FamilySearch, Facebook and Pintrest into Heritage Collector Collections

Included are Free Webinars to help anyone at any level of expertise. Learn at your own pace when its convenient for you.

Special Introductory price includes $20 off through Ancestral Quest for $79.95.

This would make a great gift for Christmas along with Ancestral Quest!


Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!



Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/

(c) 1994-2015 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Using a Language Module in AQ



Ancestral Quest has the following Language Modules that help change the program to that particular language:



To download any of these you simply follow the instructions provided with each one. All of these language modules are available here

Here is my program in English:



To change it to "Spanish", which I don't have at this time, I would click the drop down menu at the top right and select the language I wish to install. For this blog I will install Spanish.




This is the screen that comes up:


A number of screens come up during the install, clicking on the positive responses will install the language module. Now I can change the language to Spanish and have the program in Spanish as follows



For those who need a different language it is that simple.


Remember Ancestral Quest is fully FamilySearch Certified!


Comments and questions are always welcome!


Happy Ancestraling...Claire ;)


AQ Cues & Clues Blog:http://ancquest.blogspot.com/

(c) 1994-2015 Incline Software, All Rights Reserved
 gfindlay@ancquest.com